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CompTIA Data+ DA0-002 · Domain 4: Visualization and reporting

Choosing a chart: bar, line, pie, scatter, histogram, box plot, heat map, map and table

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Last reviewed September 25, 2026 · Leer en español

The right chart makes a pattern obvious in seconds; the wrong one hides it or misleads. Start by asking what the reader needs to see, whether that is a comparison, a trend, a composition, a distribution or a relationship, and pick the chart built for that job.

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