# Data Visualization

Canonical URL: <https://www.nobledesktop.com/classes/data-visualization>

## Overview

Data visualization is a popular topic, but what exactly is it? In this course, you’ll see examples of different types of data visualizations and learn what makes a good or bad visualization (effective or ineffective).

We’ll review different examples of real-world data visualization and analyze whether they are good or bad. Learn about the design of charts, labeling, color use, plots, and much more.

## What you'll learn

- Explore different types of data visualization and learn when certain strategies are more effective than others
- Work with different kinds of charts and utilize visuals, colors, fonts, and other formatting techniques in your visualizations
- Use data visualization as a rhetorical tool for communicating with stakeholders and presenting ideas and recommendations
- Explore industry-standard data visualization tools and learn how to use them to improve your data visualization projects

## Curriculum

#### Examples of Data Visualization

- The Problem with Data Visualization
- Graphical Perception
- The Science of Human Graphical Perception
- The Elementary Perceptual Tasks
- How Good is Your Graphical Perception?
- 5 Questions to Ask
- The Ranking of the Elementary Perceptual Tasks
- Identify the Elementary Perceptual Tasks

#### Redesigning Charts

- The Golden Rule of Data Visualization
- Graphical Excellence
- Graphical Distortion
- Graphical Integrity: The Lie Factor
- Exercise: Calculate the Lie Factor
- Labelling & Annotation
- Data Variation vs. Design Variation
- The Problem with Dimensions
- Some Advice Regarding Dimensions

#### The Data-Ink Ratio

- Data Density
- Proportion & Scale

#### Statistical Traps: How Not to Fall in Them

- Correlation Doesn't Sell Newspapers
- Selection Bias & Data Attrition
- The Importance of Context
- The Incorrect Normalization of the Data
- The Simpson's Paradox

#### Plots: Find the Correct Plot for Your Data

- Types of Plots
- Plotting Distributions
- Plotting Relationships Between Variables
- Plotting Rankings
- Comparing Part to Whole
- Plotting Spatial Data: Maps
- When is it Okay to Cut the Y-Axis?
- Shading the Area of a Line Plot
- The Spaghetti Chart
- Error Bars & Dynamite Plots
- How to Choose the Right Colors
- Common Mistakes with Color

## Pricing

**Tuition:** $599