To keep it short and sweet let's go with the definition:
Read any serious visual communication guide and it will invariably highlight this powerful tool we have at our disposal when we have the data (we almost always have the data).
A pair of Small Multiples example quite pertinent to the current times followed by some other good ones:
"A small multiple (sometimes called trellis chart, lattice chart, grid chart, or panel chart) is a series of similar graphs or charts using the same scale and axes, allowing them to be easily compared. It uses multiple views to show different partitions of a dataset."
Read any serious visual communication guide and it will invariably highlight this powerful tool we have at our disposal when we have the data (we almost always have the data).
A pair of Small Multiples example quite pertinent to the current times followed by some other good ones:
This CNN.com graphic captures a running snapshot of the "new case/spread" curve trajectory of individual states
This clearly communicates how each state unemployment picture fared from 1976-2009
This SM visual shows population change over time by country (look at Mexico's growth since 1960)
Reference: https://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/
