Vision statement
We have in mind a picture of an actuary at their desk with
some data and asking themselves how best to summarise and present it:
Our vision is that, through the work of the working party,
the actuary should have:
- A modern library of different visualisation techniques
- An understanding of which visualisations work well for different purposes (eg, data investigation vs reporting to management)
- Domain-specific examples of helpful practice (eg, pensions, investment, life or general insurance)
- An understanding of how to produce the visualisations, including tools and techniques (not just Excel)
- An understanding of the principles of developing and improving data visualisations
- Awareness of caveats that should be associated with data visualisations
