Data Visualization

Introduction, Tools and Practice

Amr Eleraqi

Data Journalist

Founder of InfoTimes

Author

World Bank Consultant

Academic Teacher

Agenda

  • What is Data Visualisation?

 

 

  • From Data to Graphics

 

 

  • Tools

Introduction

 

 

Building Blocks

 

 

Construction

 

What is Data Visualisation?

Data visualisation is broadly defined as a method of encoding quantitative, relational, or spatial information into images.

Data Visualisation

Storytelling + Visual Encoding

show don't tell

Hans Rosling's 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes - The Joy of Stats - BBC Four

Why to Visualise?

Title Text

Why to Visualize

  • From complex to simple
  • Explore the data
  • Quick answers
  • Resolve ambiguity
  • Locate outliers
  • Understand structure and patterns
  • .................

Data Viz Goals

Explanatory

Exploratory

From Data to Chart

Title Text

Message:

Distribution

Correlation

Ranking

Part of a whole

Evolution

Map

Flow

Data type:

Numeric

Categoric

Numeric + Categoric

Maps

Network

Your graph will depend on

 

Data Viz Tools

Effective Data Viz

Accuracy

Don't cut bars

Don't cut time

Label directly

Label directly

Save the pie for desert

Save the pie for desert

Don't do 3D

Don't do 3D

Thanks!

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By Amr Eleraqi

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