Visualize This: The FlowingData Guide to Design

Visualization, and Statistics

Nathan Yau

384 pages, parution le 26/07/2011

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Practical data design tips from a data visualization expert of the modern age Data doesn't decrease; it is ever-increasing and can be overwhelming to organize in a way that makes sense to its intended audience. Wouldn t it be wonderful if we could actually visualize data in such a way that we could maximize its potential and tell a story in a clear, concise manner? Thanks to the creative genius of Nathan Yau, we can. With this full-color book, data visualization guru and author Nathan Yau uses step-by-step tutorials to show you how to visualize and tell stories with data. He explains how to gather, parse, and format data and then design high quality graphics that help you explore and present patterns, outliers, and relationships.

Presents a unique approach to visualizing and telling stories with data, from a data visualization expert and the creator of flowingdata.com, Nathan Yau Offers step-by-step tutorials and practical design tips for creating statistical graphics, geographical maps, and information design to find meaning in the numbers Details tools that can be used to visualize data-native graphics for the Web, such as ActionScript, Flash libraries, PHP, and JavaScript and tools to design graphics for print, such as R and Illustrator Contains numerous examples and descriptions of patterns and outliers and explains how to show them Visualize This demonstrates how to explain data visually so that you can present your information in a way that is easy to understand and appealing.

L'auteur - Nathan Yau

Nathan Yau est diplômé en statistiques à l'Université de Californie, Los Angeles, et prépare un doctorat sur la visualisation et les données personnelles. Depuis 2007, il conçoit et crée des graphiques pour FlowingData, site web de référence dédié aux statistiques et à la conception de visualisations de données. Il collabore régulièrement avec The New York Times, CNN, Mozilla et SyFy.

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Sommaire

Telling Stories with Data.
Handling Data.
Choosing Tools to Visualize Data.
Visualizing Patterns over Time.
Visualizing Proportions.
Visualizing Relationships.
Spotting Differences.
Visualizing Spatial Relationships.
Designing with a Purpose.

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Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Wiley
Auteur(s)	Nathan Yau
Parution	26/07/2011
Nb. de pages	384
Format	23 x 18.5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	884g
Intérieur	Quadri
EAN13	9780470944882
ISBN13	978-0-470-94488-2