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E. TUFTE
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INSTALLATIONS
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THEME
SELECTION
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theme_tufte(base_size = 11, base_family = "serif", ticks = TRUE)
01 | TUFTE THEME
CHARTJUNK
TUFTE
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01 | HIGH LEVEL OF CHARTJUNK

01 | REMOVED CHARTJUNK
DISTRIBUTIONS
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02 | CHART TYPES TO SHOW DISTRIBUTION

FREQUENCY
PLOT
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02 | FREQUENCY OF LIFE EXPECTANCY

02 | IN DETAIL BY CHOSING SMALLER BINS

02 | ADDING COLOR AS A VISUAL ENCODING

02 | ZOOM IN ON THE X AXIS

HISTOGRAM
PLOT
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02 | HISTOGRAM

02 | GUIDLINES FOR HISTOGRAMS
02 | USING BINS INSTEAD OF A CONTINOUSE LINE

02 | IN DETAIL

02 | ADDING COLOR AS A VISUAL ENCODING

02 | MORE AGGREGATED LEVEL

02 | CONCEPT OF GRAMMAR OF GRAPHICS - OVERLAPPING

02 | SMALL MULTIPLE

02 | SMALL MULTIPLE HISTOGRAM

02 | ADDING COLOR AS A VISUAL ENCODING (REDUNDANT)

PLOT
BOX
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02 | BOXPLOT

02 | GUIDANCE FOR BOXPLOTS
vegetables
02 | LIFE EXPECTANCY BY CONTINENT

02 | LIFE EXPECTANCY BY GDP PER CAP. (USING GROUP VARIABLE)

02 | DEFINING SMALLER GROUPS

02 | WITHOUT THE OUTLIERS

02 | COLOR AS ENCODING FOR OUTLIERS

04 | TUFTE BOXPLOT

PLOT
DENSITY
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02 | DENSITY PLOT

02 | KERNAL DENSITY ESTIMATE

02 | ADDING COLOR AS A VISUAL ENCODING

02 | USING TRANSPARENCY

02 | SMALL MULTIPLE TO FACILITATE COMPARISON

02 | USING RIDGES LINES

02 | ADDING COLOR AS A VISUAL ENCODING (REDUNDANT)

02 | CHANGING THE OVERLAPPING FACTOR

02 | USE COLOR AS SUPPORT THE ENCODING OF THE X POSITION

02 | TEMPERATUR COMPARISON

02 | REFERENCE LINE REPRESENTING THE MEDIAN

02 | USING COLOR TO ENCODE CERTAIN PARTS OF THE DISTIRBUTION

02 | ADD THE POINTS

02 | ADD THE POINTS BELOW THE DISTRIBUTION

02 | ADD COLOR AND MOVE POINTS BELOW

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RELATIONSHIPS
03 | CHART TYPES TO SHOW RELATIONSHIP

SCATTER
PLOT
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03 | SCATTER PLOT

03 | DIAMONDS - CARAT VS. PRICE

03 | REDUCE SIZE

03 | ADD TRANSPERANCY

03 | CHANGE X & Y LIMITS

03 | SHOWING QUANTILS

03 | ADD COLOR AS A REDUNDANT ENCODING

03 | SUB SAMPLES

03 | LOC SCLAE
03 | LOG SCLAE FOR THE X AXIS


03 | ADD A TREND

03 | ADDING CONTEXT BY USING SMALL MULTIPLES

03 | MORE COTEXT

03 | MARGINAL PLOTS
03 | DOT-DASH SCATTERPLOT


03 | MARGIAL BOXPLOT

03 | MARGIAL HISTOGRAM

03 | DENSITY PLOT
BEESWARM
PLOT
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03 | Jitter points plot

03 | Jitter points plot - horizontal

03 | Beeswarm plot

03 | Adding color as a visual encoding
HEXAGONAL
BINNING
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03 | HEXAGONAL BINNING

03 | AGGREGATION ENCODED IN COLOR

03 | LOG SCLAE

03 | DENSITY
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TIME SERIES



04 | LINE, AREA OR POINTS TO SHOW TIME SERIES
04 | TIME SERIES VIZ GUIDANCE

04 | ADDING COLOR AS VISUAL ENCODING

04 | SMALL MULTIPLE TO DECLUTTER
04 | ADDING REFERENCE LINE

04 | ADDING TRENDS

FLOW
ANALYSIS
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04 | LIFE EXPECTANCY BY COUNTRIES

04 | COLOR AS ENCODING

04 | SMALL MULTIPLE TO DECLUTTER

04 | ADDING TREND LINES

04 | CONTEXT: ADDING ALL LINE IN THE BACKGROUND

04 | FOCUSING ON EUROPE

04 | ADDING THE TREND LINE

04 | SMALL MULTIPLES COUNTRIES
ADVANCED
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PARALLEL
COORDINATES
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05 | CHANGING SCALE

05 | SMALL MULTIPLE TO DECLUTTER

05 | SCALE SO THE MIN OF THE VAR. IS 0 AND THE MAX. 1

DUMBBELL
LET'S ADD A
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05 | DEFAULT

05 | ADDING COLOR AS A VISUAL ENCODING

05 | SMALL MULTIPLE TO DECLUTTER

05 | ZOOM IN ON EUROPE

05 | ADDING A REFERENCE LINE
WAFFLE
NO PIE BUT A
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05 | DEFAULT
05 | SMALL MULTIPLE

MARKDOWN
SAVE EVERYTHING
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05 | SUMMARY
REAL PROJECT
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GOOD
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J. VALLANDINGHAM
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