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<font size="5">'''Fundamentals of Visual Analytics'''</font>
 
  
=Lesson Outline=
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=Readings=
  
* Visualising Amounts
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==Core Readings==
** Bar chart
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* [http://dataremixed.com/2012/05/data-visualization-clarity-or-aesthetics/ Data Visualization: Clarity or Aesthetics?]
** Pareto chart
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* [http://dataremixed.com/2012/05/clarity-or-aesthetics-part-2-a-tale-of-four-quadrants/ Clarity or Aesthetics? Part 2 – A Tale of Four Quadrants]
** Grouped and stacked bars
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* [http://dataremixed.com/2012/06/clarity-or-aesthetics-part-3-tips-for-achieving-both/ Clarity or Aesthetics? Part 3 – Tips for Achieving Both]
** Dot plot
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* [http://junkcharts.typepad.com/junk_charts/junk-charts-trifecta-checkup-the-definitive-guide.html Junk Charts Trifecta Checkup: The Definitive Guide]
* Visualising Distribution
 
** Histogram
 
** Density plot
 
** Boxplot
 
** Notched boxplot
 
** Violin plot
 
** Q-Q plot
 
* Visualising Relationships Among Two Continuous Variables
 
** Scatter plot
 
* Visualising Associations Among Two Categorical Variables
 
** Mosaic plot
 
* Visualising Uncertainty
 
** Why Visualising Uncertainty?
 
** Basic Statistical Concepts Related to Uncertainty
 
** Univariate Graphical Methodes for Visualising Uncertainty
 
*** Error bars
 
*** Confidence strips
 
*** Ridge plot
 
** Bivariate Graphical Methods for Visuaising Uncertainty
 
  
=Core Readings=
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==Optional Readings==
* Claus O. Wilke [https://serialmentor.com/dataviz/ Fundamentals of Data Visualization]. Chapter 6-12 and 16.
 
  
==Other Readings==
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* [http://flowingdata.com/2010/07/22/7-basic-rules-for-making-charts-and-graphs/ 7 Basic Rules for Making Charts and Graphs]
===Boxplot===
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* [http://www.perceptualedge.com/articles/visual_business_intelligence/quantitative_literacy_across_curriculum.pdf Quantitative Literacy Across the Curriculum]
* [https://towardsdatascience.com/understanding-boxplots-5e2df7bcbd51 Understanding Boxplots]
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* [http://www.perceptualedge.com/articles/ie/visual_perception.pdf Tapping the Power of Visual Perception]
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* [http://www.perceptualedge.com/articles/visual_business_intelligence/sometimes_we_must_raise_our_voices.pdf Sometimes We Must Raise Our Voices]
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* [http://www.perceptualedge.com/articles/b-eye/quantitative_data.pdf Best Practices for Understanding Quantitative Data]
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* [http://www.perceptualedge.com/articles/b-eye/encoding_values_in_graph.pdf Data Visualization: Rules for Encoding Values in Graph]
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* [http://www.perceptualedge.com/articles/b-eye/choosing_colors.pdf Choosing Colors for Data Visualization]
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* [http://www.perceptualedge.com/articles/visual_business_intelligence/line_graphs_and_irregular_intervals.pdf Line Graphs and Irregular Intervals: An Incompatible Partnership]
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=Learning from Examples=
  
===Violin Plots===
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* [http://www.thefunctionalart.com/2019/03/when-your-own-data-contradicts-your.html When your own data contradicts your headline]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violin_plot Violin Plot-wikipedia]
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* [https://medium.economist.com/mistakes-weve-drawn-a-few-8cdd8a42d368 Mistakes, we’ve drawn a few]
* [https://search.proquest.com/openview/dcd68eb137d2d6b08aa23f37e34e0b01/1?pq-origsite=gscholar Hintze, Jerry L.; Nelson, Ray D. (1998). "Violin Plots: A Box Plot-Density Trace Synergism". The American Statistician. 52 (2): 181–4]
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* [https://www.tableau.com/sites/default/files/whitepapers/three_steps_to_make_your_data_clearer_the_gi_tableau_guide.pdf Three Steps to Make Your Data Clearer]
 
 
===Notched Box Plots===
 
* [https://sites.google.com/site/davidsstatistics/home/notched-box-plots Notched Box Plots]
 
 
 
===Dot Plots===
 
* [https://search-proquest-com.libproxy.smu.edu.sg/docview/228429978?rfr_id=info%3Axri%2Fsid%3Aprimo Dot plots]
 
* [http://www.b-eye-network.com/view/2468 Dot Plots: A Useful Alternative to Bar Charts]
 
 
 
===Trellis Display===
 
* [https://www-jstor-org.libproxy.smu.edu.sg/stable/1390777?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents The Visual Design and Control of Trellis Display]
 
* [https://onlinelibrary-wiley-com.libproxy.smu.edu.sg/doi/full/10.1002/wics.121 Trellis display]
 
* [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/2671674_Trellis_Displays_vs_Interactive_Graphics Trellis Displays vs. Interactive Graphics]
 
 
 
==Optional Readings on Visualising Uncertainty==
 
* [https://hbr.org/2016/11/why-its-so-hard-for-us-to-visualize-uncertainty Why It’s So Hard for Us to Visualize Uncertainty]
 
* [https://flowingdata.com/2018/01/08/visualizing-the-uncertainty-in-data/ Visualizing the Uncertainty in Data]
 
* [https://medium.com/multiple-views-visualization-research-explained/uncertainty-visualization-explained-67e7a73f031b Uncertainty + Visualization, Explained]
 
 
 
===Error Plots===
 
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Error_bar Error bar]
 
* [https://d-nb.info/1151959243/34 The dot plot: A graphical tool for data analysis and presentation]
 
 
 
===Funnel Plots===
 
* [https://www.perceptualedge.com/articles/visual_business_intelligence/variation_and_its_discontents.pdf Variation and Its Discontents: Funnel Plots for Fair Comparisons]
 
* [https://understandinguncertainty.org/fertility What are the chances of successful fertility treatment?]
 
* [https://understandinguncertainty.org/three-fold-variation-uk-bowel-cancer-death-rates Three-fold variation in UK bowel cancer death rates(?)]
 
* [https://pophealthmetrics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1478-7954-9-58 Using funnel plots in public health surveillance]
 
* [https://community.jmp.com/t5/JMP-Blog/Graph-Makeover-Where-same-sex-couples-live-in-the-US/ba-p/30616 Graph Makeover: Where same-sex couples live in the US]
 
* [https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/516b/afaccbd9b9bf82c9afdf507121f1a52e3093.pdf Using maps and funnel plots to explore variation in place of death from cancer within London, 2002–2007]
 
  
  
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* [https://www.tableau.com/learn/tutorials/on-demand/nested-lod-expressions Nested LOD Expressions]
 
* [https://www.tableau.com/learn/tutorials/on-demand/nested-lod-expressions Nested LOD Expressions]
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=Visual Analytics Method(s) of the Week=
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==Age-sex Pyramid==
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_pyramid Population pyramid]
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* [https://www.thoughtco.com/age-sex-pyramids-and-population-pyramids-1435272 Age-Sex and Population Pyramids: The Most Useful Graphs in Population Geography]
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* [https://www.populationpyramid.net/singapore/2017/ Population Pyramid Singapore]
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==Pareto Chart==
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_chart Pareto chart]
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* [https://www-tandfonline-com.libproxy.smu.edu.sg/doi/abs/10.1198/000313006X152243 Revising the Pareto Chart]
  
  

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Weekly Session

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Visual Analytics Project

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Readings

Core Readings

Optional Readings

Learning from Examples


All About Tableau

White Paper

Tutorial


Visual Analytics Method(s) of the Week

Age-sex Pyramid

Pareto Chart


Visual Analytics Method(s) of the Week

Diverging Stacked Bar Chart

Packed Bars

Visualising Uncertainty