Data Visualisation: A Handbook For Data Driven Design

✍ Scribed by Andy Kirk

Publisher: Sage Publications
Year: 2019
Tongue: English
Leaves: 329
Edition: 2nd Edition
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

One of the "six best books for data geeks" - Financial Times With over 200 images and extensive how-to and how-not-to examples, this new edition has everything students and scholars need to understand and create effective data visualisations. Combining ‘how to think’ instruction with a ‘how to produce’ mentality, this book takes readers step-by-step through analysing, designing, and curating information into useful, impactful tools of communication. With this book and its extensive collection of online support, readers can: - Decide what visualisations work best for their data and their audience using the chart gallery - See data visualisation in action and learn the tools to try it themselves - Follow online checklists, tutorials, and exercises to build skills and confidence - Get advice from the UK’s leading data visualisation trainer on everything from getting started to honing the craft. Explore more resources about data visualisation and Andy Kirk.

✦ Table of Contents

DATA VISUALISATION - FRONT COVER......Page 1
DATA VISUALISATION......Page 2
COPYRIGHT......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 6
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 8
ABOUT THE AUTHOR......Page 10
DISCOVER YOUR TEXTBOOK’S ONLINE RESOURCES......Page 12
INTRODUCTION......Page 14
PART A - FOUNDATIONS......Page 26
CHAPTER 1 - DEFINING DATA VISUALISATION......Page 28
CHAPTER 2 - THE VISUALISATION DESIGN PROCESS......Page 44
PART B - THE HIDDEN THINKING......Page 72
CHAPTER 3 - FORMULATING YOUR BRIEF......Page 74
CHAPTER 4 - WORKING WITH DATA......Page 108
CHAPTER 5 - ESTABLISHING YOUR EDITORIAL THINKING......Page 132
PART C - DEVELOPING YOUR DESIGN SOLUTION......Page 146
CHAPTER 6 - DATA REPRESENTATION......Page 148
CHAPTER 7 - INTERACTIVITY......Page 216
CHAPTER 8 - ANNOTATION......Page 244
CHAPTER 9 - COLOUR......Page 262
CHAPTER 10 - COMPOSITION......Page 290
EPILOGUE......Page 308
REFERENCES......Page 314
INDEX......Page 316

✦ Subjects

Information Visualization: Handbooks, Manuals, etc, Statistics, Information Visualization, Charts, Diagrams, etc

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