How to use gestalt laws to make better charts The Excel Charts Blog - 0 views
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Tom Johnson on 12 Jan 12Perception: Gestalt Laws Home → Data visualization for Excel users → Perception: Gestalt Laws Every chart starts with a table. We transcribe this table into a visual representation of distances between data points: the "origin chart". That's when our "eye-brain system" starts making assumptions. It assumes that data points are somewhat related, even if they are not: