Data visualization: since when? for whom? what tools?

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A 20-minute overview of data visualization covering its history (when the first charts appeared), how to choose chart types based on data types, and which tools to use. It introduces core dataviz concepts and outlines practical questions to ask and existing tools and approaches in the field.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 1:16Why?
3. 6:19Theorization
4. 7:04How: Storytelling
5. 8:23Call to Action! Data
6. 8:57The 7 Phases of Data Visualization
7. 10:16Phase 1 - Data Acquisition
8. 12:07Types of Charts
9. 12:29Temporal Data
10. 12:41Proportions
11. 13:19Relations Scatter Plot
12. 14:35Differences
13. 15:28Maps
14. 16:06Simple is better!
15. 16:30Bertin’s Visual Variables
16. 17:33How: Data Acquisition
17. 19:49Colors

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