11.19.2015

Data Visualization Links and Tools

Thank you to the anonymous commenter who pointed out that the white paper from my Data Visualization session at Southwest Fox 2015 does not include all the links I mentioned and showed on slides during the actual session. Here is a complete list of those links:

Brain Rules, by John Medina
http://brainrules.net/brain-rules-video
https://vimeo.com/16335750

Animated visualization, by Dr. Hans Rosling
https://youtu.be/foXlFILJCgk
http://www.presentationzen.com/presentationzen/2015/07/hans-rosling-upgrading-our-worldview-through-data-visualization.html

Animated visualization on the causes of global warming, from Bloomberg Business
http://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2015-whats-warming-the-world/

Tools for Data Visualization
https://vfpx.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=FoxCharts
https://powerbi.microsoft.com
http://www.tableau.com/products
http://d3js.org
http://www.highcharts.com
http://www.fusioncharts.com
http://www.zingchart.com
http://www.chartjs.org

Example of misleading bar chart, from Presentation Zen blog
http://www.presentationzen.com/presentationzen/2015/06/using-a-simple-bar-chart-to-obfuscate-the-issue.html

Example of a combo chart, from The Weather Channel
https://twitter.com/weatherchannel/status/650745451147325441/photo/1