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See the Forest AND the TreesFree Data Visualisation ToolsPaul Rowe, @armchair_caverNational Digital Forum, Nov 2016
““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
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
Data Cleanup
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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
Creating layers with Google Mapshttps://support.google.com/mymaps/answer/3024933
Atlas of Living Australia: the Atlas of Living Australia: the power of aggregation sitespower of aggregation sites
Google Analytics & Digital Google Analytics & Digital NZ’s metrics dashboardNZ’s metrics dashboard
Make information more Make information more visually interestingvisually interesting
Patterns over timePatterns over time
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
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