Beyond Data Vis Principles

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# Recap ## Skill Mastery ### The fundamentals - Data manipulation - Basic graphics/plots - Basic statistical test - Tools available ### Reference (參考) other people's philosophy - Wickham's Tidyverse - Tukey, Cleveland, Tufte's principles - Dushoff, Gelman and others P-value clarity ## Skill Mastery (Con't) ### Perfect your own unique philosophy/principles - Practice, practice, practice - Put your own twist - Be honest (avoid hack techniques) - Open to suggestions - Defend your philosophy # A glimpse at my data vis philosophy The Dark Side ## Challenging the past - Mental image as a starting basis - Simplicity (Minimal graphics) vs Clarity tradeoffs ## NBA Eastern Conference Standings ![](pics/east.png) ## NBA Western Conference Standings ![](pics/west.png) ## Challenging the past (Con't) - Mental image as a starting basis - Simplicity (Minimal graphics) vs Clarity tradeoffs - Speed, flexibility - Presentation, accessibility ## Technological Era ![](pics/replace.jpg) ## Being one with vis ![](pics/didi.png) ## Being one with vis (Con't) ![](pics/uber.png) ## Real time synchro ![](pics/uber2.png) ## Coffee adventure! * TH @ Bymac (Athletic Centre) * TH in MDCL (✔) * Caffeine the Elements * Bistro@DSB (Business School) * E-Cafe (ETB building, i.e. Engineering) * Fireball Cafe (John Hodgins, ✔) * My Mini Mac (Mary Keyes building) * The Reactor Cafe (Thode library) * Starbucks @ Student Center (✔) * TH @ Student Center (✔) * Williams @ HSC (✔)