Data Visualization Made Simple

<p><em>Data Visualization Made Simple</em> is a practical guide to the fundamentals, strategies, and real-world cases for data visualization, an essential skill required in today’s information-rich world. With foundations rooted in statistics, psychology, and computer science, data visualization offers practitioners in almost every field a coherent way to share findings from original research, big data, learning analytics, and more.</p><p>In nine appealing chapters, the book:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>examines the role of data graphics in decision-making, sharing information, sparking discussions, and inspiring future research;</li> <p> </p> <li>scrutinizes data graphics, deliberates on the messages they convey, and looks at options for design visualization; and</li> <p> </p> <li>includes cases and interviews to provide a contemporary view of how data graphics are used by professionals across industries</li> </ul><p>Both novices and seasoned designers in education, business, and other areas can use this book’s effective, linear process to develop data visualization literacy and promote exploratory, inquiry-based approaches to visualization problems.</p> <p>1. Becoming Visual 2. The Tools 3. The Graphics 4. The Data 5. The Design 6. The Audience 7. The Presentation 8. The Cases 9. The End </p>