14M156: Data Visualization: Create Tables And Graphs That Pop

Monday, November 14, 2022

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM Eastern Time

Location: Room 121

CE: 1

All of the relevant financial relationships listed for faculty have been mitigated.

Moderator(s)

Marian Hannan, DSc

Marcus Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife
Milton, MA, United States

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose

Effective communication of scientific data is one of the most important skills of a scientist. If the intended audience does not get and act upon the message from the data, the research effort is wasted. Data visualization in tables and graphs is essential to effective communication and ultimately research dissemination, as it can convey complex relationships in a way unmatched by simple text. However, data visualization is not often part of a formal scientific education, nor is it a focus of journals and scientific societies. This session aims to convey the principles, from choices for type of visualization, via technique and storytelling, to optimum tables and graphs for publication and presentation.

Learning Objectives:

Choose the data visualization that best fits the data
Identify the basics of table and graph design
Optimize tables and graphs for publication and presentation

Presentations:

4:30 PM – 4:45 PM Eastern Time

Principles of Scientific Data Visualization
Speaker: Maarten Boers, MD, PhD, MSc – Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit
4:45 PM – 5:00 PM Eastern Time

Data Visualization: An Author's View
Speaker: Kaleb Michaud, PhD – University of Nebraska Medical Center
5:00 PM – 5:15 PM Eastern Time

Data Visualization: An Publisher's View
Speaker: Daniel Solomon, MD, MPH – Brigham and Women's Hospital
5:15 PM – 5:30 PM Eastern Time

Q&A