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Eye Candy: Exploring
Interesting Visual Displays of Data
Nancy Kechner, Ph. D.ITS Research Computing Support in The Scholars’ Lab
This presentation can be downloaded from http://people.virginia.edu/~nek8n/Eye_Candy.pptx
Why Visualize Data?
To communicate information clearly and effectively through graphical means.
To make sense out of very large data sets. Fortune 500
• Visualize Patterns over Time
• Proportions, Relationships
• Comparison
• Comparing Across Multiple Variables
• Searching for Outliers
• Spatial Relationships
• Over Space and Time
Short Video on the Value of Data Viz
David McCandless talks about the beauty of data visualization
A Sampler of Data Viz
A Periodic Table of Data Viz
“Out of the Box Tools” for Data Viz
Excel : Charts and Graphs
Google Doc Spreadsheets : Charts and Graphs
Many Eyes : Visualization Tools and Data
Wordle : Word Clouds
Tableau Software : Analytics Software (free trial)
Your.Flowingdata : Your Personal Twitter Analyzer
Programming
Python
PHP
Processing
Adobe Flash and Actionscript/Flare/Flex examples
HTML, Javascript, and CSS
R
Illustration(To create things like this)
Adobe Illustrator : Vector Drawing (30 Day Free Trial)
Inkscape : Free Vector Drawing Tool
CorelDRAW : Vector Suite (Free Trial)
Raven by Aviary : Free Vector Tool and Suite
Mapping
Google Maps, Yahoo, and Microsoft Maps
ESRI ArcInfo : UVa has a site license so it’s FREE to you
Virtual Campus : Excellent free courses for you
Scholars Lab : Expert help
Modest Maps : Free library for use with Python and Flash
Polymaps : Free Javacript library for making interactive web-based maps
Data Fun!
Visualize Patterns over Time :
The Growth of Walmart!
Hans Rosling’s TED Talk
Proportions : Cocktails and More Cocktails
Relationships :They Rule
Snake Oil
More Data Fun!
ComparisonRight vs. Left
Baby Name Wizard
Comparing Across Multiple VariablesHow We Spend Our Day
Colors and Culture
Spatial RelationshipsWorld Mapper
Census Data
National Geographic How We Live
And Still More…
TED Talks : Always good, frequently brilliant
Hans Rosling’s “Joy of Stats”
Meryl.net List
Dataviz.org : A suite of Drupal data viz modules
Smashing Magazine : Modern approaches