Data  Visualization  For  Beginners    

Instructor:  @lisawilliams  Hashtag:  #D4R  

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For  links  to  projects  &  presentation  materials  &  more  

Persuasive,  Visual,  Shareable  

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Data  visualization  is  expressive  

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Data  visualization  is  persuasive  

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Recovery  Tracker  

WNYC Snow Map Tool: Fusion Tables Intermediate

Data  visualization  is  shareable  

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1,200,000  

Because  data  is  more  available  now  than  ever  

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Because  data  visualization  is  easier  than  ever  

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Nonprofit  News  Organizations  

Nonprofit News Tool: Many Eyes Beginner

Population  Data  

Baseball Salaries Tool: BuzzData Intermediate

Seattle  Times  Foreclosures  

Seattle Times Foreclosure Crisis Tool: Tableau Public Intermediate

Myths  about  dataviz  

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Data  visualization    is  new  

Myths  about  dataviz  

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Regular  people  don’t  want  data  

Myths  about  dataviz  

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Data  is  boring  

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Data  visualization  is  too  hard  for  regular  folks  to  

learn  

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Grassroots Mapping Tool: Cartagen Knitting

Cartagen  oil  spill  

Exercise  1:  Show  It  To  Me  On  A  Map  

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Why  do  we  do  data  visualization?    

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What’s  Wrong  With  This  Chart?  

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Exercise  2:  The  Imaginary  Lobbyist  

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Introducing    Processing  

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