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Visual Analytics Project

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Visualising and Analysing Time-series Patterns

Lesson 8 slides


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.


Discussion

Discussion Lesson 08