UNCHARTED TERRITORIES – DATA DRIVEN GRAPHICS BEYOND THE BASICS
Michael Neutze
Federal Statistical Office, Germany
A multitude of new visualisations: D3.js
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One Example: The Calendar Diagram
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A well suited data visualisations for statistics with daily values and repetitive patterns
Resarching the data
Seasonal pattern is revealed
A d3.js code example is available
Example statistic, daily values
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The Month of January
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First half-year
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Calendar Diagram Realised with Webtechnologies (SVG, D3)
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Now, how to tell the public
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For lesser known diagrams audience needs guidance Different audiences need different guidance
Statisticians might start of with an Excel diagram
General public might be more attracted to a photo
Scrollytelling
Not just because it is the fashion of the day
But because it lets you reveal parts one by one
Plus it does so in a visually attractive way
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Check out the live example
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