Data Visualization & Infographics

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Data Visualization: What is it?

Data visualization is the graphical representation of numerical data.

The right data tool can present a complex data set in a way that is simple to understand.

Visual Analytics: What is it?

Visual analytics is a form of inquiry

in which data that provides insight into solving a problem

is displayed in an interactive, graphical manner

Revealing patterns, trends and correlations.

Why Visualize?

-test data management strategies-helpful for understanding large complex data sets-process abstract business or scientific data as images

Examples.

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Pt. 1: Good data visualization should

• Show the data• Induce the viewer to think about the

substance rather than about methodology, graphic design, technology of graphic production etc.

• Avoid distorting what the data has to say

• Present many numbers in a small space

Pt. 2: Good data visualization should

• Make large data sets coherent• Encourage the eye to compare different

pieces of data• Reveal the data at several levels of detail,

from a broad overview to the fine structure• Serve a reasonably clear purpose:

description, exploration, tabulation or decoration

• Be closely integrated with the statistical and verbal descriptions of a data set.

Infographics

• Best Infographics• Parrot’s Emotion Classification• Untranslatable

Emotions in Languages other than English