Choosing the best chart type to deliver your data message is not easy: many different chart types exist, and they all highlight different aspects of your data.
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Picking a chart type is a lot more than just looking at the columns in your data to see what kind of data you have at hand. If there would be a function to calculate the chart type to use, it might look like this:
In this module, we break down this formula to learn how we can use it to pick an appropriate chart type.