Data Visualization & Corruption

March 18, 2017

@maartenzam

Antwerp

Introduction, tools and practice

Data Visualization

I

"As knowledge increases amongst mankind, and transactions multiply, it becomes more and more desirable to abbreviate and facilitate the modes of conveying information from one person to another, and from one individual to the many."
        

William Playfair, 1786

"Everything that can be expressed in numbers can be represented by lines."
        

John Playfair

Why visualize?

The Secret

Preattentive Processing

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10 pitfalls

And how to overcome them

1. Don't cut bars

2. Don't cut time

4. Don't square the pies

5. Label directly

6. Deliberate colors

7. Tell the story

8. Double the axes, double the mischief

And correlation is not causation

9. Don't do 3D

Except when you're the New York Times

10. Avoid the Zones of Invisibility & Irrelevance

Chart Choosers

NL

Tools

II

Make publishable charts, maps and tables

Practice

Datawrapper

Ranking (top10)

Table

Map

Data: Transparency International perceived corruption index

 

Onodo

Network of course participants, with connections

 

Thank you!

www.maartenlambrechts.com

@maartenzam

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