This document provides an overview of data visualization concepts and best practices. It discusses the common workflow of requiring, parsing, filtering, mining, representing, refining and interacting with data. It also covers graphic vocabulary elements like length, slope, size, intensity, color and shape. Common and uncommon chart types are presented like bar charts, treemaps and word clouds. Best practices around accurate, clear and effective visualization are recommended. Finally, popular tools for design, programming and implementing visualizations are listed.

1. Data Visualization 101
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3. 2008
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7. United States debt
http://usdebt.kleptocracy.us/
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8. http://goo.gl/nwkx
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9. http://goo.gl/TXvDW
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11. “ Data is the new oil
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http://goo.gl/9a1wv
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13. Require
Parse
Filter
Mine
Represent
Refine
Interact
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14. Require
Parse
Filter
Mine workflow
Represent
Refine
Interact
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15. Graphic
Vocabulary
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16. Length
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17. Length
Slope
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18. Length
Slope
Size
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19. Length
Slope
Size
Intensity
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20. Length
Slope
Size
Intensity
Color
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21. Length
Slope
Size
Intensity
Color
Shape
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22. Length
Slope
Size
Accurate
Intensity
Color
Shape
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23. Choose the right type of display
The common type of charts
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25. Category A
tooltip
6000 Category B
Category C
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Category D
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Y Axis label Category E
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6000
6000
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
X Axis label
Source: path of source data
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26. Percentage & Description
Category A Category B Category C
Source: path of source data
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31. http://www.extremepresentation.com/uploads/images/choosing_a_good_chart.jpg
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32. Choose the right type of display
The Uncommon type of charts
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33. Treemap
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34. Map
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35. Wordle
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36. Good . Bad . Pitfall . Principles
Best practices
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38. 40%
60% Female
Male
XX大学男女比例
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RIM
（21.2%）
Other
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Apple 19.5%）
（9.8%）
Palm
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Motorola 7.4%）
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Nokia 3.1%）
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48. Visualization Tools
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49. Design
Tools
Programming
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50. Data visualization VS Infographics
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51. Adobe Illustrator
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52. Microsoft Excel
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53. Tableau
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54. d3.js
http://d3js.org
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55. processing
http://processing.org
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56. R
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57. NYTimes Visualization http://goo.gl/ysvS
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58. Important
Telling Stories
http://goo.gl/aLv9t
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59. Thanks
Next Topic: Visualization Implementation
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