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About Me
I am a Data Analytics Engineer at ExxonMobil
I love DATA!
I analyze data to answer questions
Data Analytics
Combine the chart types to show more information!
What is Data?
Data is a collection of facts or information such as numbers, measurements, observations or a even just a description of things
Chris Jones
@vizraider
Now that we know the concepts of data visualization what are the tools?
Treemap
Charts and Graphs!
Parts to whole of hundreds or thousands of items
Types of Quantitative Data
Types of data
Discrete - whole numbers (counted)
Continuous - numbers in a range (measured)
Visual Elements:
Size
Color
Position
* To help you remember, think "Quantitative is about Quantity"
Quantitative
How would you answer these questions about the survey results?
Used to measure and can be written down in numbers
How many girls in 4th grade completed the survey?
Qualitative
How many different flavors of ice cream are favorites?
Word Cloud
Measure
Data that is descriptive but does not measure things
Which TV Show received the most votes?
Dimension
Show relative size between different words based on usage
How many girls like football?
What is the 3rd most popular activity among boys?
How can we visualize the data?
Position
Shape
How many 10 year old boys in Mrs. Maddox's class like cookies & cream ice cream, the color green and The Avengers?
Color
Size
Visual Elements: Size and Color
Intensity
Length
Let's look at the
survey results
Pie Charts
Bubble Chart
Scatter Plot
Heatmap
Maps
Show proportion or percentages
How big is one item compared to others
Compare the relationship of two different measures
Compare values in a range from highest to lowest
Plot geographical information
Show relative size between items
Meet Data the dog...
Qualitative
Visual Elements:
Intensity
He is brown and white
He has a red collar
He has lots of energy
Quantitative
He has 4 legs (discrete)
He weights 14.5 lbs (continuous)
Bar Chart
Line Chart
Compare values based on the length of the bar
Show data over time
I like donuts
better!
Visual Elements: Color, Size, Position
Visual Elements: Size, Color, Intensity
Visual Elements:
Position, Color
Visual Elements: Intensity, Position
Visual Elements: Position, Color, Shape
Visual Elements - Length, Position & Color