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Independent index · reviewed July 2026
Applied guide

Data visualization best practices

Part of the Phase 1 roadmap. See strategy/roadmap.md for scope and priority.

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This page will build an applied checklist rather than a list of abstract principles: chart choice against the analytical question, scale and axis honesty, label placement, color and contrast, annotation, and source citation.

Every rule will be paired with a corrected example, keeping the guidance checkable.