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Data points : visualization that means something / Nathan Yau.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Yau, Nathan.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Information visualization.
- Visualization.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (318 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st edition
- Place of Publication:
- Indianapolis : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- A fresh look at visualization from the author of Visualize This Whether it's statistical charts, geographic maps, or the snappy graphical statistics you see on your favorite news sites, the art of data graphics or visualization is fast becoming a movement of its own. In Data Points: Visualization That Means Something, author Nathan Yau presents an intriguing complement to his bestseller Visualize This, this time focusing on the graphics side of data analysis. Using examples from art, design, business, statistics, cartography, and online media, he explores both
- Contents:
- Data Points: Visualization That Means Something; About the Author; Acknowledgments; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1: Understanding Data; What Data Represents; Variability; Uncertainty; Context; Wrapping Up; Chapter 2: Visualization: The Medium; Analysis and Exploration; Information Graphics and Presentation; Entertainment; Data Art; The Everyday; Wrapping Up; Chapter 3: Representing Data; Visualization Components; Putting It Together; Wrapping Up; Chapter 4: Exploring Data Visually; Process; Visualizing Categorical Data; Visualizing Time Series Data; Visualizing Spatial Data
- Multiple VariablesDistributions; Wrapping Up; Chapter 5: Visualizing with Clarity; Visual Hierarchy; Readability; Highlighting; Annotation; Do the Math; Wrapping Up; Chapter 6: Designing for an Audience; Common Misconceptions; Present Data to People; Things to Consider; Putting It Together; Wrapping Up; Chapter 7: Where to Go from Here; Visualization Tools; Programming; Illustration; Statistics; Wrapping Up; Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9781118654934
- 1118654935
- 9781299407411
- 1299407412
- 9781118462225
- 111846222X
- OCLC:
- 833765857
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