Data is everywhere and more and more businesses are realizing the benefit of harnessing them to develop critical insights and stay competitive. With companies investing in data science teams and roles, there is already a good understanding of why data literacy is important but visual literacy is a term that might be less well-known.
So what exactly is visual literacy and how does it impact data analysis and visualization? It can seem like they’re one in the same but there are important distinctions that can help us better understand the ecosystem of data analysis and visualization.