intro to visualization

Contact information

Heather ScalfDirector of Assessment

scalf@uta.edu

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Visualizations and Tableau

My source

Jones, B. (2014). Communicating data with tableau. Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly.

Data pyramid

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Principles of communicating data• Know your goal

Who?

Why?

GOAL

What?

Principles of communicating data• Use the right data, and know your data

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Principles of communicating data• Use the best

visualizations• What is the best way

to encode your data for understanding?

Category 1

Category 2

Category 3

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Chart Title

Series 1 Series 2 Series 3

Sales

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Principles of communicating data• Design for aesthetics

https://public.tableau.com/views/Oktoberfest/English?:embed=y&:loadOrderID=0&:display_count=yes&:showTabs=y

Principles of communicating data• Design for aesthetics

Principles of communicating data• Choose an effective

medium/channel OR use the medium/channel that you have most effectively

• Use shading or color gradation for interactive vizzes• Don’t build super

busy dashboards designed for mobile devices• Add filtering

capabilities for greater depth

Principles of communicating data• Check the results

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What about that metadata?• Jay Z Top 25

What about that metadata?

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Tableau Public

• https://public.tableau.com/s/

How to…• Open Tableau Public software• Connect to data—a file (Excel, Access, etc), a

server or other saved data source• Choose tables/worksheets that you want to

visualize• Open Tableau worksheet, drag and drop elements

to reveal your story

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