Dashing Data Viz - Issue 229
Curated news, articles and jobs related to Data Visualization.
Issue #229
March 14 2023
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Data Visualization Articles & Videos
The Dos & Don’ts of Communicating Regression Analysis
Here are some things to keep in mind when communicating linear regression results to your team and colleagues: Don’t Show Them an ANOVA Table…The last thing you want to do is confuse them with software output meant to be analyzed by a statistician or a data scientist…How to create a gradient line chart in R
The gradient line chart in R is a little bit artistic approach to emphasize ups and downs or progression. A gradient line chart will be made with two directions of the color gradient using ggplot2. The first one will be vertical and the second horizontal…Tableau Tips - Swap Pictures /GIFs using Parameter [Video]
Did you know that you can change pictures in Tableau using parameters? By using this technique, you can create interactive dashboards that allow users to choose which picture they want to see based on certain criteria. Here's how you can do it…Which fonts to use for your charts and tables
How should the text appear in your data visualizations? The possibilities are endless…This article explains all these options — and shows how ignoring this advice can set your visualization apart from others…
New Course: Jenn Schilling teaches “Intro to R for Data Viz”
I'm starting a new online program! Intro to R for Data Viz will teach you how to use R for data processing and viz. If you've never coded before or you're new to R, and you want to use R for data viz, this is for you!…Understanding and Working with Funnel Data
Funnels are everywhere. They're so common that you might say we live in a world of funnels. But processing funnel data can be confusing and seeing it with data visualization can be a hassle…This notebook shows you how to deal with the raw material of funnels: the individual steps. It shows you how to transform them into data formatted for examining simple metric funnels and also more advanced funnels based on paths. Finally, it shows how those paths can represent more than what we commonly associate with traditional funnel displays…Using embedded SQL engines for plotting massive datasets on a laptop [Video]
This talk will show you a simple yet effective technique to visualize larger-than-memory datasets on your laptop by leveraging SQLite or DuckDB…Making crisp spike maps with R [Video]
Join me in today's tutorial as we embark on another R quest to make a crisp spike population map using the Kontur dataset…
The Beauty of Pi
This visualization show the first 5,000 digits of Pi, with each line connecting one digit to the next. Each number is grouped together, with zero starting at 12:00 and moving clockwise…
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