PLOTCON NYC: Get Your Point Across: The Art of Choosing the Right Visualization for your Data

get your point across

for PLOTCON • Nov 16, 2016

the art of choosing the right visualization for your data

Mollie Pettit @MollzMPJess Freaner @jessfreaner

- iteration in action: a case study

agenda

- iterative design process

- storytelling techniques

- visualization fundamentals

- why visualize data?

why visualize data?

explore data

Same mean for x and ySame variance for x and ySame correlationSame best fit line

explore data

tell a story

Mona Chalabi mona_chalabi

visualizationfundamentals

tradeoffs

Randall Munroe - XKCD@xkcd

context matters

maps


maps

proxies for population density!


5 years of drought

John Nelson@John_M_Nelson

pie charts


bar graphs

Randall Munroe - XKCD; @xkcd

line charts

Yes you are! And you’re sitting there! Hi, Kitty!


avoid noise

Joey Cherdarchuk@cherdarchuk

https://twitter.com/cherdarchuk

does it add anything?is it necessary?will it be missed?

revise

feedback


storytellingtechniques

5 years of drought

compare all medaliststhrough time

men’s 100-meter sprint

Kevin Quealy and Graham Roberts@KevinQ, @Grahaphics

https://twitter.com/KevinQ

https://twitter.com/Grahaphics

simple choices

complex choice

Kevin Quealy and Graham Roberts@KevinQ, @Grahaphics

https://twitter.com/KevinQ

https://twitter.com/Grahaphics

with complex stories…

Nate Cohn and Amanda Cox@Nate_Cohn, @amandacox

introduce idea


http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/06/10/upshot/voting-habits-turnout-partisanship.html


how do you do this?!

iterativedesignprocess

anticipate refining your solutiongenerate ideas

build prototype

iterative problem solving

evaluation

a walk throughthe process

backstory

> moveForward(100);

backstory

what is computer science?

I think you learn about computer safety.

:)

When you are a genis at electronics

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Using code and fixing and making computers.

:)

science on a computer

programming / coding

how computers work

how to use computers

studying computers

a website, program, or game

typing / testing

using computers to solve problems

engineering

someone good at computers

internet safetyexperiments / research / modeling

I like it!

class / learning / lessons

making apps, games, or websites

I don’t know

what’s inside a computer

brainstorm

bar charts

“ribbon” bar

grouped view

programming

apps/games

VS

cell/treemap charts

cohort view

keywords/phrases in free textword cloud

keywords/phrases in free textclusters

punctuation

emoticons

specific responses?

the verdict?

cohort view

like how u can control the angry birds like u make :)

Learning how computers work.:)

blurb list

like how u can control the angry birds like u make stuff move

:)

Learning how computers work.

:)

side blurbs

side blurbs


:)

Learning how computers work.


crowd blurbs

the end resulthttp://bit.ly/what-is-comp-sci

http://bit.ly/what-is-comp-sci

takeaways

- fundamentals / tradeoffs

- know when to follow / break them

- use context, audience, purpose to guide you


- iterate and be flexible

takeaways


- iterate and be flexible

- use context, audience, purpose to guide you

takeaways

Mollie Pettit @MollzMPJess Freaner @jessfreaner

Thanks!@DsAtweet

get your point acrossthe art of choosing the right visualization for your data

PLOTCON NYC: Get Your Point Across: The Art of Choosing the Right Visualization for your Data

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