Visualize this : the flowing data guide to design, visualization, and statistics / Nathan Yau.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yau, Nathan C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Information visualization.

Visual analytics.

Statistics.

FlowingData.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ( xxvi, 358 pages)

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

FlowingData guide to design, visualization, and statistics

Flowing Data guide to design, visualization, and statistics

Place of Publication:

Indianapolis, IN : Wiley Publishing Inc., 2011.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Practical data design tips from a data visualization expert of the modern age Data doesn?t decrease; it is ever-increasing and can be overwhelming to organize in a way that makes sense to its intended audience. Wouldn?t it be wonderful if we could actually visualize data in such a way that we could maximize its potential and tell a story in a clear, concise manner? Thanks to the creative genius of Nathan Yau, we can. With this full-color book, data visualization guru and author Nathan Yau uses step-by-step tutorials to show you how to visualize and tell stories with data. He explains

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1: Telling Stories with Data; More Than Numbers; What to Look For; Design; Wrapping Up; Chapter 2: Handling Data; Gather Data; Formatting Data; Wrapping Up; Chapter 3: Choosing Tools to Visualize Data; Out-of-the-Box Visualization; Programming; Illustration; Mapping; Survey Your Options; Wrapping Up; Chapter 4: Visualizing Patterns over Time; What to Look for over Time; Discrete Points in Time; Continuous Data; Wrapping Up; Chapter 5: Visualizing Proportions; What to Look for in Proportions; Parts of a Whole; Proportions over Time; Wrapping Up

Chapter 6: Visualizing RelationshipsWhat Relationships to Look For; Correlation; Distribution; Comparison; Wrapping Up; Chapter 7: Spotting Differences; What to Look For; Comparing Across Multiple Variables; Reducing Dimensions; Searching for Outliers; Wrapping Up; Chapter 8: Visualizing Spatial Relationships; What to Look For; Specific Locations; Regions; Over Space and Time; Wrapping Up; Chapter 9: Designing with a Purpose; Prepare Yourself; Prepare Your Readers; Visual Cues; Good Visualization; Wrapping Up; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786613177582

9781118722213

1118722213

9781283177580

1283177587

9781118140246

1118140249

OCLC:

747314081