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Data
Structured
Unstructured
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Visual Forms
Shapes
Colors
Sizes
+
Data
Structured
Unstructured
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Visual Forms
Shapes
Colors
Sizes
+
Data
Structured
Unstructured
Narrative Structure + Interaction
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Data
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Category Q1 Q2
Coats 30,000 40,000
Pants 400,000 500,000
Unstructured
Information
Structured
Information
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Visual Forms
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What is data visualization?
Yes, but...
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Visual Forms
Relationship
The way in which two or more
dimensions are connected.
scatter
plot
matrix
chart
network
diagram
Distribution
The way in which something is
shared out among a group or
spread over an area.
histogram
Comparison
An evaluation of the similarities
and differences of two or more
things
bar graph line chart stack
graph
maps
bubble
chart
Composition
The arrangements of parts in
relation to each other and the
whole.
pie chart treemap
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What is data visualization?
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1. Magazine Style
‣single frame
‣written narrative
‣often one or two figures
‣usually static
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E. Cadora and L. Kurgan. Architecture and Justice (Brooklyn Crime Blocks).
Columbia University’s Spatial Information Design Lab, 2006.
http://www.spatialinformationdesignlab.org/MEDIA/PDF_04.pdf
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2. Annotated Chart
‣Usually single chart
‣Some data points highlighted
‣textual explanation for those points
‣occasionally remainder interactive too
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Guardian Interactive Team
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2013/feb/12/state-of-the-union-reading-level
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3. Flow Chart (infographics)
‣Guided story
‣Broken down into steps
‣Has one or more possible paths
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http://awesome.goodmagazine.com/transparency/usersubmissions/financialcrisis/klimiuk/
Good Magazine
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4. Slide Show
‣Simple guided experience
‣Usually single linear path
‣Next/Previous buttons
‣Each slide builds on the previous
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