Data is vital to an improvement effort. It can be used to understand a problem, to assess the impact of a change, and to track progress towards an aim. Different visualizations are helpful for making meaning of different kinds of data, and enable seeing patterns, outliers, and trends.
The following references provide an overview of different data visualization tools:
- Download the Bar Graphs Quick Reference (PDF)
- Download the Box-and-Whisker Plots Quick Reference (PDF)
- Download the Histograms Quick Reference (PDF)
- Download the Line Graphs Quick Reference (PDF)
- Download the Scatterplots Quick Reference (PDF)
