Data points : visualization that means something / Nathan Yau.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yau, Nathan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Graphic methods.

Information visualization.

Physical Description:

xiii, 300 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Indianapolis, IN : Wiley ; Chichester : John Wiley [distributor], 2013.

Summary:

To create effective data visualizations, you must be part statistician, part designer, and part storyteller. In his bestselling book Visualize This, Nathan Yau introduced you to the tools and programming techniques for visualization. Now, in Data Points, he explores the thinking process that helps you create original, meaningful visualizations that your audience will both understand and remember. Here's how to make your data mean something. Discover what data is and what you can learn from it, Learn how to explore your data, find the story, and bring it to life, Understand visualization as a medium that lets you present and express meaning in data, Tap into your creative side and determine the most effective way to tell your story, Compare tools for exploration and analysis, Allow data, the story, and your goals to dictate visualization techniques with geometry, traditional charts, maps, color, art, and even humor Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction

Understanding data

Visualization: the medium

Representing data

Exploring data visually

Visualizing with clarity

Designing for an audience

Where to go from here

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781118462195

111846219X

OCLC:

824725724