• Preface
  • Part I Data Visualization
  • 1 What is Visualization and Why Do We Visualize Data?
  • 2 Types of visualization
    • 2.1 Charts
    • 2.2 Tables
    • 2.3 Graphs
    • 2.4 Maps
    • 2.5 Infographics
    • 2.6 Dashboards
  • 3 Criterias of a Good Visualization
    • 3.1 The Human Brain and Sight
    • 3.2 Preattentive Attributes
      • 3.2.1 Color
      • 3.2.2 Form
      • 3.2.3 Movement
      • 3.2.4 Spatial Positioning
  • 4 Evaluation
    • 4.1 Relevancy
    • 4.2 Interpretability
    • 4.3 Simplicity
  • 5 Evaluation Framework
  • Part II Climate Change Caused by Human Activity
  • 6 Use Case
    • 6.1 What is Climate?
    • 6.2 Climate Change
    • 6.3 Causes of Climate Change
    • 6.4 Evaluation Metrics
    • 6.5 Assessment
  • 7 conclusion
  • Part III Warming Stripes
  • 8 Introduction
  • 9 Generating the visualization
  • 10 References

MSIS 2629 Self-study Project

Chapter 2 Types of visualization

There are many types of visualization, some popular ones being:

2.1 Charts

Source: https://www.vertex42.com/edu/charts-and-graphs-in-excel.html

Figure 2.1: Source: https://www.vertex42.com/edu/charts-and-graphs-in-excel.html

2.2 Tables

Source: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/visuals/power-bi-visualization-tables

Figure 2.2: Source: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/visuals/power-bi-visualization-tables

Source: https://www.dundas.com/dundas-bi/features

Figure 2.3: Source: https://www.dundas.com/dundas-bi/features

2.3 Graphs

Source: https://www.livestories.com/blog/five-ways-to-fail-data-visualization

Figure 2.4: Source: https://www.livestories.com/blog/five-ways-to-fail-data-visualization

2.4 Maps

Source: https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/2013/05/16/visualizing-nfl-fans-on-a-map-based-on-facebook-like-data/

Figure 2.5: Source: https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/2013/05/16/visualizing-nfl-fans-on-a-map-based-on-facebook-like-data/

2.5 Infographics

Source: https://blog.prototypr.io/getting-it-right-why-infographics-are-not-the-same-as-data-visualizations-a23da7de745e?gi=7f75b89fc41e

Figure 2.6: Source: https://blog.prototypr.io/getting-it-right-why-infographics-are-not-the-same-as-data-visualizations-a23da7de745e?gi=7f75b89fc41e

2.6 Dashboards

Source: https://www.dundas.com/dundas-bi/features

Figure 2.7: Source: https://www.dundas.com/dundas-bi/features