[[Image:Data visualisation.jpg|thumb|360px|The research process from [[data]] to [[visualization]].<ref>[http://nvac.pnl.gov/research.stm National Visualization and Analytics Center]. Retrieved 1 Juli 2008.</ref>]]'''Data visualization''' is the studygraphical rendering of thedata visualvalues representationin a fashion that communicates interrelationships of [[data]],variables. definedasIt is the visual representation of information whichthat has been abstracted in some schematic form, including attributes or variables for the units of information.<ref name = "MF08"> [[Michael Friendly]] (2008). [http://www.math.yorku.ca/SCS/Gallery/milestone/milestone.pdf "Milestones in the history of thematic cartography, statistical graphics, and data visualization"].</ref>