references/decision-framing.md

# Decision Framing

## What Problem This Solves

This reference helps translate a user request from "make a chart" into "support this decision or insight."

## When to Use It

Use this when the data is known but the purpose of the visualization is still vague.

## Key Takeaways

- Ask what the viewer must compare, notice, decide, or remember.
- Separate analyst, operator, executive, and public-audience needs.
- Favor views that answer the question with the fewest decoding steps.

## Common Mistakes

- Framing by dataset rather than by decision.
- Mixing exploratory and explanatory goals in one overloaded figure.

## Adjacent Skills

- `../SKILL.md`
- `../../data-visualization/SKILL.md`

## Source Links

- [Visualization Analysis and Design](https://mitpressbookstore.mit.edu/book/9781466508910)
- [Edward Tufte books](https://www.edwardtufte.com/books/)