Visualize this the FlowingData guide to design, visualization, and statistics
Presents information on ways to present data with visual representations, covering such topics as data sources, visualization tools, proportions, and spatial relationships.
| Main Author: | Yau, Nathan. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Indianapolis, Ind. :
Wiley Pub.,
Ã2011.
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Table of Contents:
- Telling stories with data. More than numbers ; What to look for ; Design
- Handling data. Gather data ; Formatting data
- Choosing tools to visualize data. Out-of-the-box visualization ; Programming ; Illustration ; Mapping ; Survey your options
- Visualizing patterns over time. What to look for over time ; Discrete points in time ; Continuous data
- Visualizing proportions. What to look for in proportions ; Parts of a whole ; Proportions over time
- Visualizing relationships. What relationships to look for ; Correlation ; Distribution ; Comparison
- Spotting differences. What to look for ; Comparing across multiple variables ; Reducing dimensions ; Searching for outliers
- Visualizing spatial relationships. What to look for ; Specific locations ; Regions ; Over space and time
- Designing with a purpose. Prepare yourself ; Prepare your readers ; Visual cues ; Good visualization.