Data Visualization: Tableau
This video explains some of the best practices of data visualization and shows the types of analysis and visualizations that can be accomplished with the program Tableau. This software applies to practitioners of any discipline.
Further Reading and Resources
Suggested Websites:
- Tableau’s public gallery is a great space to find inspiration.
- Tableau also shares their own training videos, which are worth a watch.
Suggested Readings:
- Cairo, Alberto. The Functional Art: An introduction to information graphics and visualization. New Riders, 2012.
- Duarte, Nancy. Resonate: Present visual stories that transform audiences. John Wiley & Sons, 2013.
- Kosslyn, Stephen Michael. Graph design for the eye and mind. OUP USA, 2006.
- Tufte, Edward R. The visual display of quantitative information. Vol. 2. Cheshire, CT: Graphics press, 2001.
- Yau, Nathan. Visualize this: The Flowing Data guide to design, visualization, and statistics. John Wiley & Sons, 2011.
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Emma Slayton currently serves as a Data Curation, Visualization, and GIS Specialist at the Carnegie Mellon University Libraries. She received her PhD in Archeology in 2018 from the University of Leiden. As an archaeologist, she focused on using computer modeling to hypothesize the location of early canoe routes in the Caribbean. She has experience working with GIS and other data visualization tools. This knowledge aids her work at CMU, where she plans workshops and other content to promote the use of various data visualization methods, tools, and techniques.
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