introduction to visualization

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Zach [email protected]

Introduction to Visualization

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we craft applications that make using data enjoyable

and rewarding

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Don’t be accidental

Have a message

Keep it simple

Provide context

Apply design fundamentals

Have a message

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“Perfection is achieved, not when there’s nothing more to add, but when there is

nothing left to take away.”

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Squelch the noise

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Imported Author

needs work

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goingtorain.com

http://goingtorain.com/

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Show only what’s needed - nothing more

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Leaders

Laggers

Norms

Historical Tendencies

Internal drivers

External drivers

Who’s the model?

Who needs coaching?

Who’s out of line?

Is change happening?

What’s driving?

Whose related?

Align your charts with your intent

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One metric across many categories

Relationships across

categories

Outliers

Find leaders, laggers, and anchorsby using: Comparisons and Distributions

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Metric for one category across time

Who is changin

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Transitions

Find historical tendenciesby using: Trends

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Metric with subcomponents

Factors driving chang

e

Discover internal driversby using: Compositions

Year

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Clustering

Outliers

Discover external driversby using: Relationships

Many metrics for many categories

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www.chartchooser.com

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Keep it simple

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...with ‘simplistic’ ”

Garr Reynolds

“Don’t confuse ‘simple’...

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Surveying the results of psychological experiments in the 1950s

“My problem is that I have been persecuted by an integer.”

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Binary digits Numbers Letters + Digits Short words Long words0

2

4

6

8

10

Number of items we can recall

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2,147,483,648 bytes

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2,147,483,648 bytes

7digits5 one syllable words2 seconds audio3 visual images

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Computer You0

1,000,000,000

2,000,000,000

3,000,000,000

Working memory capacity

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“Easy is hard”Pat Hanrahan

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Without context: 100 people, 100 conclusions

Context gives data meaning

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career home runs*

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762

Barry Lamar Bonds

HENRY

“HANK”

AARON762career home runs

*

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284 +4.5% v. last month-2.8% v. goal

comparison to previous time period

and goal

Q1 2009 Q2 2009 Q3 2009 Q4 20090

100

200

300

400Goal Actual

shown within broader context of overall trend and goals

relevant scopein Q3 2009new leadsmetric name

the new “Vortex” marketing campaign drove new leads after a slow Q2

explanation of mitigating factors

Types of data context

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People context

Chief Marketing OfficerMarketing Analyst

How does the data fit into my workflow?

What expectations or assumptions do I

have?

How do I interpret the metric?

What other information am I looking at? Does it support or contradict?

Who is sharing the data? Do they have

credibility?

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Treemaps

Sparklines

Small multiples

3 visualization techniques worth knowing

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See the full picture

Biggest segments

Movers

See detail

Treemaps: The cure for big data display

Imported Author

Flip to live treemap

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Spending by category/line item

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Sales by title, retailer

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Sparklines

“Small high-resolution graphics usually embedded in a full context of words, numbers, images. Sparklines as datawords: data-intense, design-simple, word-sized graphics.”

- Edward Tufte20.59%Direct Traffic

word-sized graphics

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Sparklines add context

Comparison of values

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Trend

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Highest and lowest values

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Comparison to a goal

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Step 1

Step 2

Small multiples

Create a simple chart

Replicate the chart for related parameters using the same structure and scale

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http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/04/16/us/20090419-Agency-Suburbs.html

displayed by CITY

NY Timesstorytelling with small multiples

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displayed by METRIC

NY Timesstorytelling with small multiples

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/05/30/sports/playmagazine/20080601_WOODS_GRAPHIC.html

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Looks matter.

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Right and wrong in data visualization

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6 principles describe how we determine visual context

1) Principle of ProximityThings that are spatially close belong to a group

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2) Principle of SimilarityThings that are spatially close belong to a group

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3) Principle of EnclosureObjects that are enclosed by a shape will be seen as a group

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4) Principle of ClosureWe strive to perceive shapes as complete

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5) Principle of ContinuityObjects that are aligned are perceived as a group

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6) Principle of ConnectionObjects that are connected are part of the same group

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Things that are spatially close belong to a group

Proximity

SimilarityThings that share color, size or shape belong to a group

EnclosureObjects that are enclosed by a shape will be seen as a group

ClosureWe strive to perceive shapes as complete

ContinuityObjects that are aligned are perceived as a group

ConnectionObjects that are connected are part of the same group

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Increase data-ink ratio(make every pixel tell a story about your data)

Fundamental rule of chart design

Reduce chartjunk(remove chart elements that are decorative or ornamental)

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Remove chart-junk

Images courtesy of Tim Bray: http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2003/03/13/Data-Ink

Increase data-ink

Increase data-ink

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http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2003/03/13/Data-Ink

Fundamental rules of table design

Increase data-ink ratio(make every character meaningful)

Reduce tablejunk(remove chart elements that are decorative or ornamental)

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Reduce tablejunk

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Objects that are aligned are perceived as a group

Principle of ProximityThings that are spatially close belong to a group

Principle of Continuity

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Reduce tablejunk

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Increase data-ink ratio

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1 degree latitude = ~60 miles

.001 degree latitude = 300 feet

0.00000000000001 degree latitude = 1 micron, the width of a very small bacteria

Hence, the software must have been pirated by a bacteria

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Tables

Remove gridlines

Use lines or whitespace to separate areas that are conceptually different

Display the smallest amount of numbers that you can to support the needs of the table

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Less effective

You can use color to emphasize text.You can bold-italics your important text.You can UPPERCASE your important text.You can underline your important text.

EmphasisYou can add italic letters.You can bold your important point.You can use color to emphasize text.You can combine effects.

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How we read

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Serif

Sans-serif

Hearty, rustic, somber, dignified

Light, modern, smooth, simple hh

Serif

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Reds

Whites

Merlot, Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Noir

Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Riesling

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Serif

Sans-serif

Georgia

Arial / Helvetica hhSerif

SerifVerdana / Tahoma

Times New RomanPalatino

Trebuchet

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Fonts - Simple rules

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Body TextClean readable text, 50-80% of your text will look like this.

•10-16pt•Arial or Georgia

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EmphasisDraw the eye to key points

•Same size as body•High-impact color/bold/italic

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CategoricalLots of contrast between each adjacent color

SequentialColors can be ordered from low to high

Low High

DivergingTwo sequential schemes extended out from a critical midpoint value Low HighCritical

midpoint

http://colorbrewer2.org/

Color schemes for data

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