Choose The Chart After You Name The Question
Translate a business question into the right chart family before opening the chart menu.
Start with the task Do not ask “Which chart should I use?” first. Ask “What do I need the viewer to see?” Comparison, trend, distribution, relationship, and part-to-whole are different jobs. They deserve different forms. Why the wrong chart feels fuzzy When the chart type does not match the task, the viewer has to decode the picture and then reconstruct the real question. That slows reading and weakens confidence. Good chart selection reduces this translation step. A working shortcut Write the audience question as a sentence. Then map it to a chart family. Trend usually means line. Relationship usually means…
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