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Data Visualization

Data Visualization

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Added Jul 01, 2014 at 02:56PM EDT by Don.

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Data Visualization refers to the practice of using images, diagrams and schematics to represent data and information. Its application in the branch of descriptive statistics dates back to the 17th century. On the Internet, data visualization is most prominently featured in infographics and flowcharts.

History

According to Milestones in the History of Data Visualization: A Case Study in Statistical Historiography:

In 1644, Michael Florent Van Langren, a Flemmish astronomer, is believed to have provided the first visual representation of statistical data. The one dimensional line graph below shows the twelve known estimates at the time of the difference in longitude between Toledo and Rome as well as the name of each astronomer who provided the estimate. What is notable here is that while Van Langren could have provided this information in a table, it is the use of the graph that really visually displays the wide variations in estimates.

Online Presence

On March 25th, 2008, the subreddit /r/visualization[6] was created for discussions related to information visualization and datasets. On January 5th, 2009, the /r/dataviz[5] subreddit was launched for "beautiful & informative representations of the abstract." That month, the data visualization news blog Datavisualization.ch[7] was created. In July 2010, data journalist David McCandless gave a TED Talk titled "the beauty of data visualization" (shown below).



In April 2011, the dataviz community platform Visual.ly[8] was launched, which allows users to create various types of data visualizations and infographics.



On February 14th, 2012, the /r/dataisbeautiful[2] subreddit was created for data visualization submissions and discussions. In 2014, statistician Tyler Vigen launched a blog[1] highlighting graphs showing high correlations between random, unrelated statistics (shown below).


US spending on science, space, and technology correlates with Suicides by hanging, strangulation and suffocation US spending on science, space, and technology Suicides by hanging, strangulation and suffocation 30000 κ·Έ 28285.71- 26571.43 24857.14 23142.86 21428.5 19714.29 9000 8000 - 7000 un 6000 18000 -5000 1999 20002001 2002 200 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Correlation: 99% Sources: US OMB & CDC tylervigen. com 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 200Z 2008 2009 US spe nding on science, space, and tech nology18,079 18,594 19,753 20,734 20,831 23,029 23,597 23,584 25,525 27,731 29,449 Millions of todoys dollars (Us OMB) Suicides by hanging, strangulation and 5,427 5,688 6,198 6,462 6,635 7,336 7,248 7,491 8,161 8,578 9,000 suffocation Deaths (US) (CDC) Correlation: 0.992082 Number people who drowned by falling into a swimming- pool correlates with Number of films Nicolas Cage appeared in Number people who drowned by falling into a swimming-pool Number of films Niclas Cage appeared in n 105 -2.5 E 92.5 80 1999 2000 200 2002 2003 2004 200 2006 2007 2008 2009 Correlation: 67% Sources: CDC & IMDB tylervigen. com 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 200Z 2008 2009 Number peopie who drow ned by failing into a Deaths (US) (CDC) Number of films Nicolas Cage appeared in swimming-pool 109 102 102 98 85 95 9698 123 94 102 Films (iMDB) Correlation: 0.666004

On Xkcd

The webcomic Xkcd often incorporates various data visualizations in comics. On September 27th, 2010, the site[4] published a dot plot depicting the "frequency with which various adjectives are intensified with obscenities" (shown below).


FREQUENCY WITH WHICH VARIOUS ADJECTIVES ARE INTENSIFIED WITH OBSCENITES ASED ON GooGE HT>) F------ HItS FoR NTENSFED NEVERRARELY OFTEN ANNOYING P----- STUPID SEXY DISGUSTING DEUCIOU OBSCENE PROSAIC BEMUSED Is PIQUANT AMBIVALENT IMPROPER EVANESCENT PIQUANT THIS YEAR. KAFKAESQUE WHOA THESE COMMODITES PRE. F------ PUNGIBLE! PERISTERONIC Ξ¦ TD PIGEONS

On November 21st, 2011, a data visualization featuring currency in dollars, thousands, millions and billions was posted on the site (shown below).[3]



Search Interest

External References

[1] Tyler Vigen – Suprious Correlations

[2] Reddit – /r/dataisbeautiful

[3] Xkcd – Money

[4] Xkcd – Adjectives

[5] Reddit – /r/dataviz

[6] Reddit – /r/visualization

[7] Datavisualization.ch – Data Visualization

[8] Visual.ly – Visual.ly

[9] Datavis – Milestones in the history of thematic cartography, statistical graphics, and data visualization

[10] Dundas – A Brief History of Data Visualization

[11] DataArt – A Quick Illustrated History of Visualisation

[12] Springer – A Brief History of Data Visualization

[13] Perceptual Ledge – DATA VISUALIZATION
PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE

[14] Information Is Beautiful – "":http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/

[15] Flowing Data – "":http://flowingdata.com/

[16] Visualizing.org – Visualizing

[17] InfoAesthetics – Information Aesthetics

[18] Visual Complexity – Visual Complexity

[19] Chart Porn – Data Visualization You Just Gotta Love

[20] Tumblr – Visualize

[21] Gizmodo – The Best Data Visualization of 2013

[22] Tumblr – Tagged Results for Data Visualization

[23] Visual.ly – Data Visualization

[24] Daily Infographic – A New Infographic Every Day

[25] Tumblr – NYC Open Data

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