A table depicting various type of visualization techniques
This paper, present a method of categorizing, coding, and sorting/manipulating qualitative (descriptive) data using the capabilities of a word processor: WordPerfect®.
Connoisseur of scaled rounded rectangles, bubbles, and triangles, David McCandless of Information is Beautiful talks data visualization in recently posted TED talk (below). He explains how information design can help us get through information glut on the Web and how simple charts can show patterns that we never would have seen otherwise. He uses his own works and collaborations as evidence.