Data Visualization

Do you have to use a computer to create a data visualization? What are some reasons that you need to use a computer to manipulate data?

• I think that you do not need to use a computer to represent data seeing as people have been representing information in written format for hundreds of years. However, computers make the job of representing and manipulating data simple and more efficient than it has ever been. To change things like add lines or take away data points or transfer the visual format can be done easily with computers, and was otherwise hard and time consuming.