Data visualization (or Visual Storytelling)
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Data Visualization“Visual storytelling”
Notes + links at: http://bit.ly/tsyvrdatav
Edwin Guerra
Sept. 15, 2014
Trade School Vancouver
Introductions
Outline
•Basics
• Tools & Process
• Sample examples
•Demo - Hands on
•Additional Resources
Basics
• Spreadsheets
• XLSX
• CSV
• Databases
Tools & Process
• Sequentially (Iteratively at times):
• Finding/ Getting Data (FREE!!) - Reasonably quick
• Exploring, "Cleaning" and/or Preparing Data - Takes longest time
• Visualizing - Can be quick or take a long time, but it is fun!
Tools & Process
• Finding/ Getting Data (FREE!!) - Reasonably quick
• open data _________ (Vancouver, AB + Grants, Healthcare…)
Exploring, "Cleaning" and/or Preparing Data - Takes longest time
• Computers are literal:
• “5” is not the same as “five” or “5 “
• Exploring/Cleaning
• Excel
• Open Refine
• Notepad++
• R / R Studio
• There is no substitute for high data quality
Visualizing - Can be quick or take a long time, but it is fun!
Why Tableau?
• Allow me to show you…
Additional resources• Handout: http://bit.ly/tsyvrdatav
• Includes link to this presentation
• Keep learning and keep in touch!
• [email protected] Twitter: edwin_tweet
• Learning resources:
• http://schoolofdata.org/
• Tableau webinars + documents
• Never underestimate the power of Google and YouTube (depending on your learning style) Email too!