Technical Writing is much more difficult than regular writing. Often there are rules and procedures, and specific formats that must be used. More importantly, when dealing with technical information and data, the writer or researcher cannot afford to lose the reader and must fully explain their position and what the information means. And they must realize that if they do not spell it out correctly they will be misinterpreted and that can cause problems.
Some say that if someone is too ignorant to understand what is written then they do not necessarily matter. But as a technical writer it is your job to be understood and to deliver the information in a way that is easily deciphered by a large rather diverse grouping of potential readers. Now some technical writing is designed for a small subset of readers in a certain field, but still, it is very easy to lose people and if you are vague and fail to illustrate your points, you will do just that.
Speaking of Illustrating your points, information, and visualization of your data; you should realize that using charts and graphs will help your reader better comprehend what you are saying, the more visuals you use the better it will be for all concerned. You can alleviate in advance misinterpretations and even conflicts of those who think they disagree with your conclusions or premise.
When choosing visual data graphics for your technical writing, you should know that Bar Graphs and Pie Charts are considered the easiest to comprehend and understand. Psychologists believe this is due to the way that human brains categorize things and commit information to memory. So please consider all this.
