Lesson06
IS428 Visual Analytics for Business Intelligence
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Visualising and Analysing Time-series Patterns
Content
Characteristics of time-series data
- cross-sectional vs continuous
- stream data vs static data
- Visualisation process of temporal data
Time-series data visualization techniques
- Time-series line chart
- Cycle plots: An effective alternative to time-series line charts
- Horizon graph
- Animated bubble chart
Time-series data visualisation toolkit
- Time Searcher
- Google Finance
Hands-on Session
Tableau Methods
Slopegraph
- Tableau Tip Tuesday: How to Create Slopegraphs [1]
- Slopegraphs in Tableau [2]
- How to make a slope chart in Tableau [3]
Horizon Graph
- Horizon Chart [4]
Daily Readings
| Day | Time required | Readings |
| Monday | 60 mins |
A taxonomy of temporal data visualization techniques [5] Towards a Conceptual Framework for Visual Analytics of Time and Time-oriented Data. Proceedings of the 39th conference on Winter simulation, e-journal@smu |
| Tuesday | 60 mins |
Introduction to Cycle Plots [6] Slopegraphs for comparing gradients: Slopegraph theory and practice [7] Displaying Change Between Two Points in Time [8] |
| Thursday | 60 mins |
Visualizing Change: An Innovation in Time-Series Analysis [9] or video [10] Better Know a Visualization: Motion Charts [11] Motion Charts: Telling Stories with Statistics [12] |
| Friday | 60 mins |
The Development of the Horizon Graph [13] Time on the Horizon[14] Sizing the Horizon: The Effects of Chart Size and Layering on the Graphical Perception of Time Series Visualizations [15] |
References
Aigner, W. et. al. (2011) Visualization of Time-Oriented Data. Springer, London., especially Chapter 7: Survey of Visualization Techniques.
"Chapter 7: Time-Series Analysis" in Few, S (2009) Now You See It. Analytic Press, Oakland CA.
