Data Visualization For Dummies
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| Rating | : | 4.53 (725 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1118502892 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-07-31 |
| Language | : | English |
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a good place to start if you are involved in capturing information with a view of presenting it to various audiences, but still leaves plenty of room for you to apply your own imagination. (Talk Business, April 2014) . (BCS: The Chartered Institute for IT, April 2014) This straightforward colour guide will help you present data in an easy-to-read and interesting manner
She is a Business Intelligence coach, global keynote speaker, and analytics blogger. Mico Yuk is founder of BIBrainz and BIDashboardFormula. Stephanie Diamond is a former marketing director for AOL, founder of MarketingMessageMindset, and the author of seven business books, including Social CRM For Dummies.
If you want to learn about a successful method of conducting a data visualization effort, read this book. In my opinion this book is a "must read" for organizations that will be undergoing a Data Visualization or Dashboard effort or are currently struggling in the middle of one. Just to disclose, we were struggling in our dashboard project and decided to elicit the help of one of the authors. The approach they have outlined in this book is exactly what she practices out in the field. She guided us through applying this approach which helped my development team and business users get out of the project spiral we were in, with our friendships intact :-), and delivered a dashboard solution that helped the business operations tremendously.With t. The visualization paradox: Great visualizations need great data To be honest, if you buy this book by just looking at the title you might get disappointed at a first sight: The book is simply not "yet another" book of how to create the most fancy visualization. But why do I still highly recommend this book? Because in a business context (and this book is mainly about a business context) not the most colorful or most artistic visualization provides the biggest value but an action oriented, easy to understand visualization. This means that you need to understand the business context and more specifically the business problems which the data visualization needs to address before you can design any kind . Different tact to an age long problem in business Ryan Goodman There are plenty of books that explain the scientific approach to visualizing data or how to use specific technology, but not enough guidance on how to get started and avoid pitfalls for pushing data visualization apps/tools in a business setting. This is targeted to business minded individuals or even IT professionals who are on the hook for communicating information back to colleagues or management. There is a ton of nuggets of knowledge here, so I am not quite sure why there has been a couple of bad reviews. Either way, I liked there was a process, BI Dashboard Formula, that seems well thought out by the authors, because regardless wh
Data visualization software enables different industries to present information in ways that are memorable and relevant to their mission. This full-color guide introduces you to a variety of ways to handle and synthesize data in much more interesting ways than mere columns and rows of numbers.Learn meaningful ways to show trending and relationships, how to convey complex data in a clear, concise diagram, ways to create eye-catching visualizations, and much more!Effective data analysis involves learning how to synthesize data, especially big data, into a story and present that story in a way that resonates with the audienceThis full-color guide shows you how to analyze large amounts of data, communicate complex data in a meaningful way, and quickly slice data into various viewsExplains how to automate redundant reporting and analyses, create eye-catching visualizations, and use statistical graphics and thematic cartographyEna