Introduction to Interactive Data Visualisation

Examples of its use, along with tools for researchers to use to explore their data and create data visualisations of their own.

This talk was given at NUI Galway to researchers, students, non-academic staff and on-campus company staff on the 16th and 23rd of November, and on the 15th of December, 2016

Slides updated 15/12/16

Transcript

1. Interactive Data Visualisation David Kelly - Research Technologist v1.1  – Updated  December,  2016
2. https://medium.com/@kennelliott/39-­‐studies-­‐about-­‐ human-­‐perception-­‐in-­‐30-­‐minutes-­‐4728f9e31a73 “Everything  we  know  about  how  humans  interpret  graphics”  -­‐ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0J6EDvlN30,  Kennedy  Elliot
3. Explorable Explanations
4. Explorable Explanations An  active  reader  asks  questions,  considers  alternatives,   questions  assumptions,  and  even  questions  the   trustworthiness  of  the  author.  An  active  reader  tries  to   generalize  specific  examples,  and  devise  specific  examples   for  generalities.  An  active  reader  doesn't  passively  sponge  up   information,  but  uses  the  author's  argument  as  a   springboard  for  critical  thought  and  deep  understanding. Bret  Victor,  March  10,  2011:  http://worrydream.com/ExplorableExplanations/
5. Why?
6. New perspectives
7. Cultural  Networks Data  from  interviews  with   cultural  practitioners: • Demographic   • Funding • Relationship  types   • Geographic  data Dr.  Patrick  Collins  -­‐ Geography
9. Dr Mark  Stansbury
10. Data overview
12. Dr Patrick  Collins  &  Dr Aisling  Murtagh -­‐ Geography
13. Impact & engagement
14. GalwayDashboard.ie Includes data from: CSO Galway  City  Council Galway  County  Council Enterprise  Ireland IDA Údarás WDC PRTB EPA Póbal Economic Baseline Assessment for Galway City & County James  Cunningham,  Galway  City  Council,  Galway  County  Council
15. Complexity & non-expert users
16. Duanaire - Interactive Data Visualisation Dr.  Aidan  Kane (Early prototype using a limited set of data)
17. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/upshot/p residential-­‐polls-­‐forecast.html
18. http://projects.propublica.org/louisiana/
19. Engage with text differently
21. Dr.  Justin  Tonra
22. Personae:  Character  Visualisation   Tool  for  Dramatic  Texts David  Kelly,  Justin  Tonra,  Lindsay  Reid
23. Danger
24. From:  http://viz.wtf/
25. From:  http://de.slideshare.net/vis4/making-­‐data-­‐ visualizations-­‐a-­‐survival-­‐guide
26. From:  http://viz.wtf/
28. Consider
29. Consider Labels  &   Supporting  Text Colours Context Interaction   Design Medium  Suitability Display  Channel Fonts Layout  / Interface  Design Audience
31. Personae:  Character  Visualisation   Tool  for  Dramatic  Texts David  Kelly,  Justin  Tonra,  Lindsay  Reid
32. Some Tools Mostly web-based, free option, little/no programming
33. à CSV Import.io Option for non-profit / student use Code-based: Data  Gathering,   Cleaning  &   Preparation Mapping Charting Data  Management Design Visualisation
34. Code-based: Data  Gathering,   Cleaning  &   Preparation Mapping Charting Data  Management Design Visualisation A free, open source, powerful tool for working with messy data openrefine.org
35. • Limited  free  plans   available Code-based: • Map  design • Data  storage • Embed  maps Data  Gathering,   Cleaning  &   Preparation Mapping Charting Data  Management Design Visualisation
36. Data  Gathering,   Cleaning  &   Preparation Mapping Charting Data  Management Design Visualisation Omeka Plugin  (NUIG  Library   Digital  Publishing) storymap.knightlab.com
37. Data  Gathering,   Cleaning  &   Preparation Mapping Charting Data  Management Design Visualisation
38. Code-based: Data  Gathering,   Cleaning  &   Preparation Mapping Charting Data  Management Design Visualisation
39. Data  Gathering,   Cleaning  &   Preparation Mapping Charting Data  Management Design Visualisation https://timeline.knightlab.com Uses  a  Google  Spreadsheet  as   a  data  source https://juxtapose.knightlab.com/
40. Code-based: Data  Gathering,   Cleaning  &   Preparation Mapping Charting Data  Management Design Visualisation http://palladio.designhumanities.org/ gephi.org http://hdlab.stanford.edu/
41. Data  Gathering,   Cleaning  &   Preparation Mapping Charting Data  Management Design Visualisation public.tableau.com/s/ Also  offer  free  academic  licenses  for  Tableau  Desktop  for  students  &   teachers
42. Data  Gathering,   Cleaning  &   Preparation Mapping Charting Data  Management Design Visualisation http://www.metabase.com/
43. Data  Gathering,   Cleaning  &   Preparation Mapping Charting Data  Management Design Visualisation • Colour  Choices  (Maps)  -­‐ http://colorbrewer2.org • ProPublica's Nerd  Guides  -­‐ https://github.com/propublica/guides • UK  Government  Service  Design  Manual  -­‐ https://www.gov.uk/service-­‐manual/user-­‐centred-­‐design/data-­‐ visualisation.html • Data  Viz Style  Guide  Collection:  http://policyviz.com/style-­‐ guides/
44. Data  Gathering,   Cleaning  &   Preparation Mapping Charting Data Management Design Visualisation “Easily manage all your research outputs and make them available in a citable, shareable and discoverable manner” http://www.nature.com/sdata/policies/repositories
45. http://www.clean-­‐sheet.org/
46. Emerging Areas
47. David Kelly david.d.kelly@nuigalway.ie THB-1011, Hardiman Research Building @davkell www.davidkelly.ie |