see the forest and the trees: free tools for data visualisation
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See the Forest AND the TreesFree Data Visualisation ToolsPaul Rowe, @armchair_caverNational Digital Forum, Nov 2016
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““It doesn’t look like anything to me”It doesn’t look like anything to me”Helping you spot patterns in big data setsHelping you spot patterns in big data sets
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Use of Data Visualisation Use of Data Visualisation Software: Typically 3 key Software: Typically 3 key stepssteps
1.1.Export to standard format.Export to standard format.2.2.Clean up dataClean up data3.3.Import/view in a Import/view in a visualisation toolvisualisation tool
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Data Cleanup
=YEAR(G2)
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Google’s Open Refine has Google’s Open Refine has powerful tools for data powerful tools for data cleanupcleanup
http://programminghistorian.org/lessons/cleaning-data-with-openrefine
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Creating layers with Google Mapshttps://support.google.com/mymaps/answer/3024933
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Atlas of Living Australia: the Atlas of Living Australia: the power of aggregation sitespower of aggregation sites
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Google Analytics & Digital Google Analytics & Digital NZ’s metrics dashboardNZ’s metrics dashboard
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Make information more Make information more visually interestingvisually interesting
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Patterns over timePatterns over time
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Remember: Data is your Remember: Data is your friendfriend
Want to find out more?Want to find out more?
Excel Pivot Tables:Excel Pivot Tables:
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Create-a-PivotTable
Tableau Public: Tableau Public: https://public.tableau.comhttps://public.tableau.com
IBM’s Watson Analytics: IBM’s Watson Analytics: http://www.ibm.com/analytics/watson-analytics/http://www.ibm.com/analytics/watson-analytics/
Wordle: Wordle: http://www.wordle.net
www.slideshare.net/PaulRowewww.slideshare.net/PaulRowe