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Unleashing Data Visualization: Tools and Techniques for Effective Communication

This presentation, by Michael Robak at the CALI Conference 2014, explores the importance of data visualization in interpreting complex information. Drawing on insights from notable figures like David McCandless and Edward Tufte, Robak emphasizes the transformative power of visualizing data, which turns abstract numbers into compelling narratives. He introduces various tools such as Tableau Public and Google Maps, highlighting their roles in creating effective visual displays. Discover how to communicate ideas with clarity and precision through effective data visualization strategies.

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Unleashing Data Visualization: Tools and Techniques for Effective Communication

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  1. Our Ideas Made Visible:Tools for Visualizing Data CALI Conference 2014 June 20, 2014 Presented by Michael Robak Associate Director Leon E. Bloch Library and Director of Information Technologies University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Law

  2. Law Libraries are… DOOMED!

  3. Why Data Visualization • As author, data journalist and information designer David McCandless said in his TED talk: • "By visualizing information, we turn it into a landscape that you can explore with your eyes, a sort of information map. And when you're lost in information, an information map is kind of useful."

  4. The Master: Edward Tufte • http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/index • The Visual Display of Quantitative Information • http://www.amazon.com/The-Visual-Display-Quantitative-Information/dp/0961392142

  5. Tufte’s “Principles of Graphical Excellence” • Graphical Excellence is the well-designed presentation of interesting data – a matter of substance, of statistics, and of design. • Graphical Excellence consists of complex ideas communicated with clarity, precision, and efficiency. • Graphical Excellence is that which gives to the viewer the greatest number of ideas in the shortest time with the least ink in the smallest space. • Graphical Excellence is nearly always multivariate • And Graphical Excellence requires telling the truth about the data

  6. Tufte • Napoleon’s March • http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/posters

  7. Tufte • PowerPoint is Evil • http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.09/ppt2.html

  8. Richard Saul Wurman and Walter Mossberg • http://www.businessinnovationfactory.com/iss/video/bif3-richard-saul-wurman

  9. Google ngram

  10. In the fields of computational linguistics and probability, an n-gram is a contiguous sequence of n items from a given sequence of text or speech. The items can be phonemes, syllables, letters, words or base pairs according to the application. The n-grams typically are collected from a text or speech corpus.

  11. http://books.google.com/books?id=VoA8AAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=william+taylor+hughes+technology+of+law&hl=en&sa=X&ei=5jtEUtWuFozs8ATRgYHYBQ&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=william%20taylor%20hughes%20technology%20of%20law&f=falsehttp://books.google.com/books?id=VoA8AAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=william+taylor+hughes+technology+of+law&hl=en&sa=X&ei=5jtEUtWuFozs8ATRgYHYBQ&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=william%20taylor%20hughes%20technology%20of%20law&f=false

  12. Go to Chrome • https://books.google.com/ngrams

  13. Wordle

  14. Wordle http://www.wordle.net/

  15. Dean’s Welcome

  16. Local tools

  17. Excel

  18. Community analyst online http://laurel.lso.missouri.edu/search~S3/j Video explanation: http://video.arcgis.com/watch/3079/using-the-find-location-tool-in-community-analyst

  19. Google Maps https://maps.google.com/?mid=1393537505

  20. https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=112814580544975292567.000463ecdfc0c9c200ddb&ie=UTF8&ll=39.909736,-102.128906&spn=29.823004,56.601563&z=4&dg=featurehttps://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=112814580544975292567.000463ecdfc0c9c200ddb&ie=UTF8&ll=39.909736,-102.128906&spn=29.823004,56.601563&z=4&dg=feature

  21. Some free or low cost visualization tools

  22. Tableau Public http://www.tableausoftware.com/public

  23. Visualize free http://visualizefree.com/index.jsp

  24. Many Eyes http://www-958.ibm.com/software/data/cognos/manyeyes/

  25. Infographics

  26. Easel.ly http://www.easel.ly/

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