The document discusses the importance of storytelling in data visualization, emphasizing how effective visuals can communicate complex insights and business impacts. It outlines best practices for visual displays, including the choice of chart types based on data variables and the need for clarity and audience awareness. Additionally, it critiques misleading visuals and emphasizes the creation of impactful data narratives.
Introduction to the fable 'Thirsty Crow' and its lessons.
Presented by Dr. Nisha Arora focusing on visuals, text, and numbers.
Discussion on the factors contributing to the first-time decrease in sales.
Explains the concept and significance of the Abandoned Cart Rate.
Emphasizes the importance of storytelling in conveying complex insights and their business impacts.
Encourages discussing insights gained from the data and checking for inconsistencies.
Key components needed for creating impactful data stories, including audience understanding.
Guidelines for selecting the appropriate visual representation for different data types. Detailed overview of various chart types suitable for different variables and data relationships.
Discusses the issues of misleading visuals due to non-zero baselines and the need for interactivity.
Advice on improving visuals by removing unnecessary elements and organizing data properly.
Encouragement for sharing insights and the role aesthetics play in effective data storytelling.
Discussion on how to improve poorly designed visuals and their impact on the audience.
A list of resources, books, and authors related to data visualization and storytelling.
What makes agreat data story?
Source : knowledge is beautiful
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1. Understand thecontext
2. Choose an appropriate visual display
3. Eliminate clutter
4. Focus attention where you want it
5. Think like a designer
6. Tell a story
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Exploratory orExplanatory
Who is your audience?
What do you need them to know or do?
1 categorical variable- Pie chart/ Bar Chart
2 categorical variables - Stacked bar chart/ grouped bar chart
1 numerical variable/ multiple numerical variables – Histograms/ Box
plot
1 numerical variable/ multiple numeric variables - Frequency curve
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2 numerical variables- Scatter plot
Between pair of variables - Scatter plot matrix
Bubble chart – 2 numeric variables & up to three categorical variables
[presented by aesthetics of chart]
Box plot – 1 numerical variable/ 1 numeric and upto 2 categorical
variables [ using trellies/ faceting]
Line chart/Area chart – usually time series data
Herarchical data - Treemap/decision tree
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Comparison
BarCharts, column chart, line chart, area chart
Composition
Pie chart/donut charts, stacked column charts, stacked area charts,
waterfall chart
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Distribution
Histogram(onevariable-few data points), frequency curve(one
variable-many data points), surface curve/3-d area chart(3
variables)
Relationship
Scatter plots, Bubble chart, correlogram/scatter plot matrix
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NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2010.
Few, Stephen. Show Me the Numbers: Designing Tables and Graphs to Enlighten.
Oakland, CA: Analytics Press, 2004.
Yau, Nathan. Data Points: Visualization that Means Something. Indianapolis, IN: John
Wiley & Sons, 2013
Arheim, Rudolf. Visual Thinking. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2004.
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Cole NKnief
Ben Wellington
Nathan Yau
Andy Krik
Kaiser Fung
David McCandless