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A Brief History of Data Visualization

Jet Global

Editors note: This blog was originally published in October 2013, and has been completely revamped and updated for accuracy, relevancy, and comprehensiveness in September 2019 Prior to the 17th century, data visualization existed mainly in the realm of maps, displaying land markers, cities, roads, and resources.

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Top 14 Must-Read Data Science Books You Need On Your Desk

datapine

In 2013, less than 0.5% We gave you a curated list of our top 15 data analytics books , top 18 data visualization books , top 16 SQL books – and, as promised, we’re going to tell you all about the world’s best books on data science. Why You Need To Read Data Science Books. of all available data was analyzed, used, and understood.

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Why you should care about debugging machine learning models

O'Reilly on Data

Partial dependence, accumulated local effect (ALE), and individual conditional expectation (ICE) plots : this involves systematically visualizing the effects of changing one or more variables in your model. 1] “All models are wrong, but some are useful.” — George Box, Statistician (1919 – 2013). [2] If so, have fun debugging! [1]

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Themes and Conferences per Pacoid, Episode 5

Domino Data Lab

I’ve been teaching data science since 2008 privately for employers – exec staff, investors, IT teams, and the data teams I’ve led – and since 2013, for industry professionals in general. See the 2013 article in Nature , “ MOOCs taken by educated few, ” and also some extended discussion at an ACM meetup on the topic.

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Data Visualizations in Python and R

Sisense

The human brain processes visual data better than any other kind of data, which is good because about 90% of the information our brains process is visual. Visual processing and responses both occur more quickly compared to other stimuli. The brain processes data in visuals or images faster than data in text or rows of numbers.

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Great Storytelling With Data: Visualize Simply And Focus Obsessively

Occam's Razor

Avoid complex visualizations – they get in the way! My goal is that you'll learn a set of filters you'll use as you think about the best ways to create your stories, however you choose to tell them with whatever visual output you most love. Avoid complex visualizations – they get in the way! Teddy ready?

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10 Year Anniversary & Top 10 Charts in 2023

The Data Visualisation Catalogue

The website was launched back on 26th December 2013 and was started as a side-project to help develop my own knowledge of data visualisation. I hope that The Data Visualization Catalogue will persist in fulfilling this role in the years ahead. The Data Visualisation Catalogue has just recently passed its 10-year anniversary.