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Infographics
and Data Visualization
for beginners
Wednesday 10th November, 2021
Laura Navarro & Storydata
Infographics and Data Visualization
Structure
Theory
Practice
- First concepts
- Main pillars
- Tools (free and paid)
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1h
- Data and some analysis
- Datawrapper exercise
1h
Infographics and Data Visualization
Structure
Theory
Practice
- First concepts
- Main pillars
- Tools (free and paid)
SESSION 1
1h
- Data and some analysis
- Datawrapper exercise
1h
Infographics and Data Visualization
"Translation of raw data to a visual context"
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What is
data visualization?
323%
People following directions with text and illustrations do 323 percent better than those following directions without illustrations.
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Brief History
Charles Minard, 1869
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Present
"Vanishing tropical rainforests", Reuters
"Sexual violence in Singapore", Kontinentalist
"Access to assisted reproduction", Civio
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Infographics
=!
Data Visualizations
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Data Visualizations
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Infographics
Adolfo Arranz
Germanwings flight-Inconsolata
And write down every step
Data cleaning is the
heaviest part
20%
80%
Visualize
Data cleaning
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Analyze
Types
34, 45, 8795, 65.9, 3.555550
Good
Very bad
Excellent
Apple, banana, peach, orange
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2020, 13-02-2020, Monday
Data Process
Quantitative
Qualitative
Nominal
Discrete
Continuous
Ordinal
Dates
2, 4, 10, 100
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Data Visualization principles
What do I want to say?
· Focus on the key concepts
· One graph, one idea
· Interview your data
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1. The art of highlighting
Flowing Data
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La codificació visual és la forma en què les dades es mapegen en estructures visuals, sobre les quals construïm les imatges en una pantalla.
Position
Size
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2. Visual encoding
Shape
Orientation
Color Value
Color Hue
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2. Visual encoding
Olympic medals
The New York Times
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Olympic medals
The New York Times
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VISUAL ENCODING: COLOR, POSITION AND SIZE
· No more than seven colors in a chart
· Grey, your best friend
· Use intuitive colors (but avoid estereotypes men - women)
· Use color palettes, they work
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3. Use the colors
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3. Use the colors
2 4 3 5 6 4 3 7 6 5 3
4 3 4 5 4 1 3 2 8 9 7
5 4 6 7 2 1 5 0 6 5 4
2 6 7 8 9 3 1 2 4 0 1
5 3 4 0 9 2 5 4 7 7 2
5 4 1 1 2 0 9 0 9 5 6
2 4 3 5 6 4 3 7 6 5 3
4 3 4 5 4 1 3 2 8 9 7
5 4 6 7 2 1 5 0 6 5 4
2 6 7 8 9 3 1 2 4 0 1
5 3 4 0 9 2 5 4 7 7 2
5 4 1 1 2 0 9 0 9 5 6
2 4 3 5 6 4 3 7 6 5 3
4 3 4 5 4 1 3 2 8 9 7
5 4 6 7 2 1 5 0 6 5 4
2 6 7 8 9 3 1 2 4 0 1
5 3 4 0 9 2 5 4 7 7 2
5 4 1 1 2 0 9 0 9 5 6
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4. Respect typography
Awesome title
Subtitle that contextualizes
Axis text
Axis text
Axis text
Axis text
Axis text
Axis text
Axis text
Caption with the source and who created the chart. Notes if necessary
Legend text
Legend text
Legend title
Axis y title
Axis x title
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5. Parts of the graph
"Think about subway maps, which are abstracted from the complex shape of the city and are focused on the rider’s goal: to get from one place to the next"
Visualizing Data by Ben Fry
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6. Keep it simple
Medium Infogram
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6. Keep it simple
Medium Infogram
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7. Start axis at 0
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8. Order
2020
50,8%
2013
16,2%
Mobile phone web traffic:
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9. Mobile first
Online tools
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NO CODING & FREE & EASY
NO CODING & FREE &
NOT THAT EASY
CODING & FREE & DIFFICULT
Data Sources
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· Statistics Division of the UN:
http://data.un.org/
· Google Dataset Search:
https://datasetsearch.research.google.com/
· WHO Database:
https://www.who.int/data
· National Stastistics Institute:
https://www.ine.es/
· Kaggle:
https://www.kaggle.com/
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· Highlight what is important
· Use the colors to empower
· Respect the typography
· Don’t forget any part
· Keep it simple, ordered and with axis at 0
· Mobile responsive
Key concepts
The main principles of a great graph are:
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Your turn
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navarrosolerlaura@gmail.com
Thank you!
write me
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By laura_navarro
