Make your data beautiful
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kasia@mrowca.co.uk
Let’s set the expectations!
intro
Part 1
Data are everywhere!
Data are everywhere!
Does your data hunt you?
Cool data in YOUR systems!
Discover
… lets connect the dots!
What can go wrong?
Meaningful or meaningless?
Clean the data!
Correlation doesn’t
imply causation!
You can imagine lines between
stars in constellation, but it doesn’t mean
that the lines exist.
What can go wrong?
UX/UI?
Power of visualization
Part II
Target audience
… but where is THE pie chart?!
Fit to one screen
If you can…
Top down
Key metrics
Context
Details
Design the ‘flow’
Make it interactive
Make it happen
Part III
Quick start with R
•  Download R
https://cran.r-project.org
•  Install R Studio
https://www.rstudio.com
install.packages("ggplot2")
R + D3
•  Option 1: process and visualize in R,
and then bind SVG with JS
•  Option 2: process the data in R,
visualize in D3
R + D3
•  Option 1: process and visualize in R,
and then bind SVG with JS
•  Option 2: process the data in R,
visualize in D3
install.packages(”shiny")
Play with data J
Design rules wrap up
•  Fit to one screen
•  Top down (drill down/roll up)
•  Make it interactive
www.mrowcakasia.eu
kasia@mrowca.co.uk

Make your data beautiful!