Data Visualization for People of All Ages
eBook - ePub

Data Visualization for People of All Ages

  1. 332 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Data Visualization for People of All Ages

About this book

Data visualization is the art and science of making information visible. On paper and in our imaginations, it's a language of shapes and colors that holds our best ideas and most important questions. As we find ourselves swimming in data of all kinds, visualization can help us to understand, express, and explore the richness of the world around us. No matter your age or background, this book opens the door to new ways of thinking and sharing through the power of data visualization.

Data Visualization for People of All Ages is a field guide to visual literacy, born from the author's personal experience working with world-class scholars, engineers, and scientists. By walking through the different ways of showing data—including color, angle, position, and length—you'll learn how charts and graphs truly work so that no visualization is ever a mystery or out of reach. It doesn't stop at what fits on a page, either. You'll journey into cutting-edge topics like data sonification and data physicalization, using sound and touch to share data across the different senses. Packed with practical examples and exercises to help you connect the dots, this book will teach you how to create and understand data visualizations on your own—all without writing a single line of code or getting tangled up in software.

Written with accessibility in mind, this book invites everyone to the table to share the joy of one of today's most necessary skills. Perfect for home or classroom use, this friendly companion gives people of all ages everything they need to start visualizing with confidence.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Series Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Table of Contents
  7. Series editor foreword
  8. About the author
  9. Welcome!
  10. 1 What is data?
  11. 2 What is data visualization?
  12. 3 Length and height
  13. 4 Size and area
  14. 5 Position
  15. 6 Color for categorical data
  16. 7 Color for numerical data
  17. 8 Color for ordinal data
  18. 9 Shapes and patterns
  19. 10 Making colorblind-friendly visualizations
  20. 11 Angle
  21. 12 Connections and networks
  22. 13 Visualization whoopsies
  23. 14 Sound and touch
  24. 15 Wrapping up
  25. Appendix 1 – Glossary of words
  26. Appendix 2 – Glossary of graphs
  27. Appendix 3 – Solutions guide
  28. Bibliography
  29. Acknowledgments
  30. Index