Data work in 2026 asks for more than chart building. Professionals are expected to clean data, query databases, explain trends, and present findings clearly across business, finance, product, and ...

If there’s one thing that characterizes the Information Age that we find ourselves in today, it is streams of data. However, without proper ways to aggregate and transform this data into information, ...

In my 20 years of experience, I've seen how data centralization and visualization can support strategic decision making by making complex data from multiple sources clear and easy to interpret. This ...

The t-SNE ("t-distributed Stochastic Neighbor Embedding") technique is a method for visualizing high-dimensional data. The basic t-SNE technique is very specific: It converts data with three or more ...

Businesses have relied on experiences and intuition-based decisions from senior leaders for growth for decades. These methods, while still being highly valuable, have been augmented by data-driven ...

Data can often feel overwhelming—rows upon rows of numbers, scattered information, and endless spreadsheets that seem to blur together. If you’ve ever stared at a dataset wondering how to make sense ...

Data visualization is the graphical representation of information and data via visual elements like charts, graphs, and maps. It allows decision-makers to understand and communicate complex ideas to ...

Submit your application for our first class by April 15! The MPS Data Visualization & Communication (DV&C) program equips you with the tools to translate complex information into powerful stories that ...

Every year, designers at Pew Research Center create hundreds of charts, maps and other data visualizations. We also help make a range of other digital products, from “scrollytelling” features to ...

Data visualizations can affect whether and how people understand and interpret data. Researchers and writers using data visualizations face choices about which data to use or emphasize. Those ...