Better Know a Visualization: Small Multiples: Juice Analytics

Juice Analytics has a great writeup of Edward Tufte’s “Small Multiples” concept, using many small iconic visualizations to replace large overly complex ones.

Small multiples can show rich, multi-dimensional data without trying to cram all that information into a single, overly-complex chart. Small multiples go by many names, including Trellis Chart, Lattice Chart, Grid Chart, and Panel Chart. I would even argue that sparklines are a simpler, smaller cousin of small multiples

Along the way he shows many examples and references from the likes of Many Eyes, Stephen Few, and Tableau.  Definitely worth a read;

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This story written by Randall Hand

Randall Hand is a visualization scientist working for a federal research lab, aiding researchers to discover the insights buried within their terabyte datasets generated on some of the most powerful supercomputers in the world. He also runs VizWorld.com .