eye candy: exploring interesting visual displays of data nancy kechner, ph. d. its research...
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Eye Candy: Exploring
Interesting Visual Displays of Data
Nancy Kechner, Ph. D.ITS Research Computing Support in The Scholars’ Lab
This presentation can be downloaded from http://people.virginia.edu/~nek8n/Eye_Candy.pptx
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Why Visualize Data?
To communicate information clearly and effectively through graphical means.
To make sense out of very large data sets. Fortune 500
• Visualize Patterns over Time
• Proportions, Relationships
• Comparison
• Comparing Across Multiple Variables
• Searching for Outliers
• Spatial Relationships
• Over Space and Time
Short Video on the Value of Data Viz
David McCandless talks about the beauty of data visualization
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A Sampler of Data Viz
A Periodic Table of Data Viz
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“Out of the Box Tools” for Data Viz
Excel : Charts and Graphs
Google Doc Spreadsheets : Charts and Graphs
Many Eyes : Visualization Tools and Data
Wordle : Word Clouds
Tableau Software : Analytics Software (free trial)
Your.Flowingdata : Your Personal Twitter Analyzer
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Programming
Python
PHP
Processing
Adobe Flash and Actionscript/Flare/Flex examples
HTML, Javascript, and CSS
R
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Illustration(To create things like this)
Adobe Illustrator : Vector Drawing (30 Day Free Trial)
Inkscape : Free Vector Drawing Tool
CorelDRAW : Vector Suite (Free Trial)
Raven by Aviary : Free Vector Tool and Suite
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Mapping
Google Maps, Yahoo, and Microsoft Maps
ESRI ArcInfo : UVa has a site license so it’s FREE to you
Virtual Campus : Excellent free courses for you
Scholars Lab : Expert help
Modest Maps : Free library for use with Python and Flash
Polymaps : Free Javacript library for making interactive web-based maps
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Data Fun!
Visualize Patterns over Time :
The Growth of Walmart!
Hans Rosling’s TED Talk
Proportions : Cocktails and More Cocktails
Relationships :They Rule
Snake Oil
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More Data Fun!
ComparisonRight vs. Left
Baby Name Wizard
Comparing Across Multiple VariablesHow We Spend Our Day
Colors and Culture
Spatial RelationshipsWorld Mapper
Census Data
National Geographic How We Live
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And Still More…
TED Talks : Always good, frequently brilliant
Hans Rosling’s “Joy of Stats”
Meryl.net List
Dataviz.org : A suite of Drupal data viz modules
Smashing Magazine : Modern approaches