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09:30 12:30, Friday 17 October 2014
This workshop is co-
Photo
credit:
Masters
of
Media
organized by the Reuters
Institute of Journalism, the
Department of Politics and
International Relations,
and the Alliance for Useful
Evidence.
Making research useful via visualization: the
current challenges and best practices of policy-
oriented and political visualisation
What
is
data
visualisation?
Although
graphics
are
generally
increase
in
the
use
of
interactive
associated
with
bars,
lines,
and
graphics
as
a
form
of
data
Data
Visualisation
refers
to
the
numbers,
data
visualisation
can
presentation,
which
are
generally
visual
representation
of
statistical
take
m any
forms.
Calendars,
based
on
one
(or
m ore)
of
the
and
other
types
of
numeric
and
maps,
timelines,
mind-maps,
and
graphic
forms
described
above,
non-numeric
data
through
the
illustration
diagrams
are
just
a
but
allow
for
reader
interactivity
use
of
pictures
and
graphics.
It
is
few
types
of
graphics
that
we
(e.g.,
show
change
of
variable
used
to
transform
(often)
large
may
use
on
a
daily
basis.
values
overtime).
quantities
of
data
into
images
that
can
m ore
clearly
illustrate
Among
static
graphs
for
Finally,
infographics
are
a
static
patterns,
gaps,
schemes,
statistical
display,
we
consider
form
of
data
presentation,
which
regularities,
and
connections.
the
most
common
types
to
be:
generally
uses
more
than
one
bar
charts,
histograms,
line
type
of
graphic,
as
well
as
One
of
the
basic
foundations
of
graphs,
and,
pie
charts.
illustrations,
to
tell
an
data
visualisation
is
the
encompassing
story
about
a
understanding
that
types
of
Technological
developments
and
given
topic.
graphs
should
follow
from
both,
the
rise
of
online
media
as
a
the
type
of
data
used
and
the
popular
form
of
information
theory/goal
in
place.
distribution
have
also
led
to
an
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USEFUL
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Social sciences
Badie,
Bertrand,
Dirk
Berg-
Photo
credit:
Visual.ly
Schlosser,
Leonardo
Morlino.
2011.
Data
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of
Political
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537-544.
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Information
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Stephen.
2009.
Now
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It
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CA:
Analytics
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Isabel.
2013.
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Andy.
2012.
Data
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Design
Process,
---.
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Information
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Publishers.
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UK:
Packt
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Julius
Tufte,
Edward
R.
2006.
Beautiful
Wiedemann,
eds.
2012.
Evidence,
Cheshire,
CT:
Graphics
Gray,
Jonathan,
Lucy
Chamber,
Information
Graphics,
Cologne,
Press.
and
Liliana
Bounegru.
2012.
Germany:
Taschen
GmbH.
The
Data
Journalism
Handbook,
---.
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Explanations:
Segaran,
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Sebastopol,
CA:
OReilly.
Images
and
Quantities,
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Beautiful
Data:
The
Stories
and
Narrative,
Cheshire,
CT:
LeGates,
Richard.
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CA:
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Julie,
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CT:
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Howard.
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eds.
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Beautiful
Picturing
the
Uncertain
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Display
of
Princeton,
NJ:
Princeton
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Quantitative
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versityPress.
CT:
Graphics
Press.
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Relevant ACADEMIC BLOGs
The
Functional
Art
-
http://www.thefunctionalart.com
Visualising
Data
-
http://visualisingdata.com/
EagerEyes
-
http://eagereyes.org
Flowing
Data
-
http://flowingdata.com/
Photo
credit:
Arno
Ghelfi
Information
Aesthetics
-
http://infosthetics.com/
Storytelling
with
Data
-
http://www.storytellingwithdata.com/
Michael
Babwahsingh
-
http://michaelbabwahsingh.com/
Perceptual
Edge
-
http://www.perceptualedge.com/blog/
AT oxford
Telling
Information
-
http://lulupinney.co.uk
Things
to
do
with
Data
lunchtime
series.
Wednesdays
at
12:30,
from
weeks
2
to
7
at
IT
Services.
Photo
credit:
Guardian
Data
Blog
http://blogs.it.ox.ac.uk/acit-rs-
team/advice/rdmcourses/datatalks
Introduction
to
Data
Visualisation
Workshop.
9-12
February
2015.
https://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/cour
ses/details.php?id=C180-
DATA visualization in media 14&utm_source=datavis&utm_cam
paign=envman1415&utm_medium
Guardian
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http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog
=email
The
Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/interactive- Oxford
e-Research
Centre
events
graphics/
http://www.oerc.ox.ac.uk/researc
BBC
-
http://data-art.net
h/visual-computing
Oxford
Information
Geographies
New
York
Times
https://twitter.com/nytgraphics
http://geography.oii.ox.ac.uk/?pag
Washington
Post
-
http://postgraphics.tumblr.com
e=home
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FREE tools
R
(coding
required)
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http://www.r-project.org/
Many
Eyes
-
http://www-
958.ibm.com/software/data/cognos/manyeyes/page/Abo
ut.html
Gap
Minder
-
http://www.gapminder.org/
Visualize
Free
-
http://visualizefree.com/index.jsp
Gephi
-
https://gephi.org/
Easel.ly
-
http://easel.ly
Venngage
-
https://venngage.com/
Photo
credit:
Online-behavior
Modest
Maps
-
http://modestmaps.com/
Instant
Atlas
-
http://www.instantatlas.com/
Dipity
-
http://www.dipity.com/
Paid tools
STATA
(coding
required)
-
http://www.stata.com/
SPSS
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http://www-03.ibm.com/software/products/en/spss-viz-designer
Matlab
(coding
required)
-
http://www.mathworks.com/products/matlab/index.html?s_tid=gn_loc_drop
NVivo
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http://www.qsrinternational.com/products_nvivo_features-and-benefits.aspx
ZingChart
-
http://www.zingchart.com/
iChart
-
http://www.icharts.net/
Piktochart
-
http://piktochart.com/
Digital
Reasoning
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http://www.digitalreasoning.com/uncommon-technology/intro-synthesys
