Great data visualization tells a compelling story by making connections between data points and revealing their relationships and interactions. It allows large amounts of information to be understood quickly by representing it visually. Different types of visualizations like maps, bar charts, line graphs and pie charts are suited to depicting different kinds of patterns and comparisons in the data. Creating effective visualizations involves considering what story the data can tell and designing the visualization to best convey that story.
10. Visualizations allow us to understand and process enormous amounts of information quickly because it is all represented in a single image or animation. 7 Things You Should Know About Data Visualization
11. nytimes.com Movie box office revenues, January 1986 to February 2008. Vertical shows weekly revenue amount. Horizontal shows how long the movie ran in theaters.
18. nytimes.com Line graph compares time progression of present crisis with average of all past crises and with five worst worst crises (July 18, 2008)
19. Pie chart: FeedBurner.com stats showing which RSS readers send traffic to the blog Teaching Online Journalism
20. usatoday.com Pie chart: “Cuteness factor” may make it harder to read at a glance. Is this chart showing number of parents? Or where parents look?
21. Word cloud shows 150 words used most by Joe Biden in his speech at the Democratic National Convention, 2008. Size of word indicates number of times uttered. graphicdesignr.net
22. Word cloud shows 150 words used most by Sarah Palin in her speech at the Republican National Convention, 2008. Size of word indicates number of times uttered. graphicdesignr.net
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24. Data Visualization Mindy McAdams / October 2008 Resources used for this presentation include Great Data Visualization Tells a Great Story , by Nathan Yau, and 7 Things You Should Know About Data Visualization