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<font size="5">'''Designing Graphs to Enlighten'''</font>
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=Lesson Outline=
 
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* Visualising Amounts
 
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** Bar chart
 
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** Pareto chart
 
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** Grouped and stacked bars
 
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** Dot plot
 
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* Visualising Distribution
 
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** Histogram
 
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** Density plot
 
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** Boxplot
 
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** Notched boxplot
 
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** Violin plot
 
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** Q-Q plot
 
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* Visualising Relationships Among Two Continuous Variables
 
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** Scatter plot
 
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* Visualising Associations Among Two Categorical Variables
 
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** Mosaic plot
 
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* Visualising Uncertainty
 
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** Error bars
 
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** Confidence strips
 
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** Ridge plot
 
  
  
 
=Readings=
 
=Readings=
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==Boxplot==
 
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* [https://towardsdatascience.com/understanding-boxplots-5e2df7bcbd51 Understanding Boxplots]
 
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==Violin Plots==
 
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violin_plot Violin Plot-wikipedia]
 
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* [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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==Notched Box Plots==
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==Core Readings==
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* [https://sites.google.com/site/davidsstatistics/home/notched-box-plots Notched Box Plots]
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* Claus O. Wilke [https://clauswilke.com/dataviz/ Fundamentals of Data Visualisation]. Chapter 1-5, 17-26.
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* [http://dataremixed.com/2012/05/data-visualization-clarity-or-aesthetics/ Data Visualization: Clarity or Aesthetics?]
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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]
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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]
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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]
  
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==Dot Plots==
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==Optional Readings==
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* [https://search-proquest-com.libproxy.smu.edu.sg/docview/228429978?rfr_id=info%3Axri%2Fsid%3Aprimo Dot plots]
 
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* [http://www.b-eye-network.com/view/2468 Dot Plots: A Useful Alternative to Bar Charts]
 
  
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==Trellis Display==
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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]
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* [https://www-jstor-org.libproxy.smu.edu.sg/stable/1390777?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents The Visual Design and Control of Trellis Display]
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* [http://www.perceptualedge.com/articles/visual_business_intelligence/quantitative_literacy_across_curriculum.pdf Quantitative Literacy Across the Curriculum]
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* [https://onlinelibrary-wiley-com.libproxy.smu.edu.sg/doi/full/10.1002/wics.121 Trellis display]
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* [http://www.perceptualedge.com/articles/ie/visual_perception.pdf Tapping the Power of Visual Perception]  
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* [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/2671674_Trellis_Displays_vs_Interactive_Graphics Trellis Displays vs. Interactive Graphics]
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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=
  
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* [https://medium.economist.com/mistakes-weve-drawn-a-few-8cdd8a42d368 Mistakes, we’ve drawn a few]
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* [https://www.ft.com/graphics Graphics-Explore FT stories through charts and graphics]
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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]
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* [http://www.thefunctionalart.com/2019/03/when-your-own-data-contradicts-your.html When your own data contradicts your headline]
  
 
=All About Tableau=
 
=All About Tableau=
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==Tutorial==
 
==Tutorial==
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* [https://www.tableau.com/learn/tutorials/on-demand/formatting Formatting]
 
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* [https://www.tableau.com/learn/tutorials/on-demand/formatting-pane The Formatting Pane]
 
  
 
* [https://www.tableau.com/learn/tutorials/on-demand/getting-started-dashboards-and-stories Getting Started with Dashboards and Stories]
 
* [https://www.tableau.com/learn/tutorials/on-demand/getting-started-dashboards-and-stories Getting Started with Dashboards and Stories]
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=Visual Analytics Method(s) of the Week=
 
=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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==Diverging Stacked Bar Chart==
 
==Diverging Stacked Bar Chart==
 
* [https://www.jstatsoft.org/article/view/v057i05 Design of Diverging Stacked Bar Charts for Likert Scales and Other Applications]
 
* [https://www.jstatsoft.org/article/view/v057i05 Design of Diverging Stacked Bar Charts for Likert Scales and Other Applications]

Latest revision as of 16:45, 3 January 2021

Vaa logo.jpg ISSS608 Visual Analytics and Applications

About

Weekly Session

Assignment

Visual Analytics Project

Course Resources

 


Designing Graphs to Enlighten


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

Diverging Stacked Bar Chart

Packed Bars

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