Zen of visual analysis (slideshare)
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These are the slides from my Oxford Geek Night talk on 22 Jan. I hope they give some inspiration for making great data visualisations!
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- 1. The Zen of Visual Analysis Andy Cotgreave @acotgreave
- 2. I . CHARTS
- 3. BAD CHARTS
- 5. 5 steps…
- 6. 1. Why viz?
- 8. Consider these numbers… Property Value Mean of x 9 Variance of x 11 Mean of y 7.5 (to 2 dp) Variance of y 4.122 (to 3 dp) Correlation 0.816 (3dp) Linear regression y=3+.5x (3dp)
- 15. 2. Don’t fool your eyes
- 16. From the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
- 17. http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~rensink/flicker/download/Airplane.mov Change blindness Spot the difference!
- 18. The answer…
- 19. Grey screen: explain importance of Change Blindness
- 20. Grey screen: explain importance of Change Blindness
- 23. What colour do Asians associate with Purity? http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/colours-in-cultures/
- 24. What colour do Asians associate with Purity? 1 http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/colours-in-cultures/
- 25. What colour do Asians associate with Purity? 2 http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/colours-in-cultures/
- 26. What colour do Asians associate with Purity? 3 http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/colours-in-cultures/
- 27. What colour do Asians associate with Purity? 4 http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/colours-in-cultures/
- 28. What colour do Asians associate with Purity? 5 http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/colours-in-cultures/
- 29. What colour do Asians associate with Purity? 6 http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/colours-in-cultures/
- 30. What colour do Asians associate with Purity? Beautiful? Functional? http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/colours-in-cultures/
- 32. 3. Exploit the power of the visual system
- 33. From the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
- 37. In the following slides, which is bigger: B, C or D?
- 42. 4. Engage with value, not candy
- 44. http://graphics-info.blogspot.hk/2012/09/malofiej-20-look-at-our-participation.html (Simon Scarr)
- 45. It is possible to make functional charts that are also beautiful http://graphics-info.blogspot.hk/2012/09/malofiej-20-look-at-our-participation.html (Simon Scarr)
- 47. The message is delivered by the title, the colour and the axis going down: A Smear Of Blood http://graphics-info.blogspot.hk/2012/09/malofiej-20-look-at-our-participation.html
- 48. Let’s change the message without changing the data http://graphics-info.blogspot.hk/2012/09/malofiej-20-look-at-our-participation.html
- 49. Iraq: Deaths on the decline http://graphics-info.blogspot.hk/2012/09/malofiej-20-look-at-our-participation.html
- 50. Iraq: Deaths on the decline Now the message is more optimistic http://graphics-info.blogspot.hk/2012/09/malofiej-20-look-at-our-participation.html
- 51. “When I am working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I only think about how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.” - R. Buckminster Fuller www.gravyanecdote.com @acotgreave