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+# Fundamentals of Information Visualisation
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+###### How to make use of data?
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+- How do we avoid being overwhelmed?
+- How do we make sense of the data?
+- How do we harness this data in decision-making process?
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+###### Objective
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+- Transform the data into information (understanding & insight)
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+##### What is Information Visualisation
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+> - “… finding the artificial memory that best supports our natural means of perception.” - Bertin 1967
+> - “The use of computer -generated, interactive, visual representations opf data to amplify cognition” - Card, Mackinlay & Shneiderman 1999
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+### Anscombe’s Quartet
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+![1645029722.png](img/1645029722.png)
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+Here we can see that statistically these sets are similar
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+![1645029788.png](img/1645029788.png)
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+However graphing them, we can see that these data sets are very different.
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+#### Common Information Visualisations
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+- Pie charts
+  - Very common, easy to understand, visually appealing
+  - Can make comparisons harder with many segments
+- Bar chart
+  - Makes comparisons between bars easier
+- Calendar View
+  - https://observablehq.com/@d3/calendar
+  - Can spot long-term trends - e.g. seasonal, annual trends
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+###### Wikipedia Edit Evolution
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+![img](img/a.png)
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+Note the use of colour and shape.
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