Data Viz for Data Discovery

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First things first. Here’s a little context to get us started.

Experience data is a combination of activity, behavior, learning, and performance data.

Experience Data is collected from a Modular Ecosystem:

We’ve been visualizing data for hundreds of years.

The Tree of the Two Advents, 1202

Geometry, 1587

Diagrams, 1854

We visualize data so that we can literally see patterns.

So what qualities make a visualization good for data

discovery?

1. InteractiveLet the user ask questions. ● When you’re designing the interface, consider how users

will be able to ask questions.● Build interaction tools directly into the visual display where

possible; intuitive interaction allows for more fluid discovery.

The World Above Us, 2014

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2. MultidimensionalHelp the user see relationships between different variables.● Consider the visual space and all the visual dimensions

you can use to convey information.● Color, shape, size, spatial organization, line thickness,

hover / interactive detail.

Buzzy Drinks, 2013

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3. Visually EfficientUse visualization types that match your data sets.● A good visualization conveys information in a dramatically

smaller footprint than the same data presented tabularly.● Different graph types imply different kinds of relationships

– use the ones that work with your data, not against it.

Weather Radials, 2014

LESI fingerprints, 2016

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Help people answer questions. Give them the tools to discover patterns in their people data.

Use your data.

Get others involved. Use these as guiding principles to design yours – or use ours.

Make people care.

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Interactive viz tools:● rawgraphs.io/● d3js.org/

Reference:● This is every active satellite orbiting earth● Best American Infographics 2014, 2015● Design for Information● Visual Complexity: Mapping Patterns of

Information

Resources

Margaret Roth@[email protected]

Yet Analytics • yetanalytics.comExperience Intelligence in Human Capital Analytics

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