Figure-making tips
What makes a good figure?
- Clear, focused message
- Easy to interpret (adapt to your audience)
- Honest representation of your data
Set representations:
UpSet plots are much better than Venn diagrams
Value representations:
Violin plots are better than bar plots
https://stekhoven.shinyapps.io/barplotNonsense/
Scatter plots:
Take care of the aspect ratio
Highlighting what is important:
Color, size, orientation, shape, additional mark, motion, or grouping
Font sizes:
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