Visualize This: The FlowingData Guide to Design, Visualization, and Statistics, 2nd Edition

A decade ago with his groundbreaking first edition of Visualize This Nath Yau told us that data doesn't decrease - it is ever-increasing and can be overwhelming to organize in a way that makes sense to its intended audience. In the decade since we've seen even more data and visualizations invade every aspect of business, our personal lives, and the public sphere. Nathan Yau's timely update in Visualize This 2nd edition continues to show the practical benefits of visualizing data in a way we can maximize its potential and tell a story in a clear, concise manner. With this completely updated full-color book, data visualization guru and author Nathan Yau uses step-by-step tutorials to show you how to visualize and tell stories with data. He explains how to gather, parse, and format data and then design high quality graphics that help you explore and present patterns, outliers, and relationships. Presents a unique approach to visualizing and telling stories with data, from a data visualization expert and the creator of flowingdata.com, Nathan Yau with this edition benefiting from another decade of Nathan's insight and experience Offers step-by-step tutorials and practical design tips for creating statistical graphics, geographical maps, and information design to find meaning in the numbers Details tools that can be used to visualize data-native graphics for the Web, with major updates since the first edition for the R packages that so much data visualization depends on now as well as updated coverage of widely used JavaScript libraries Contains numerous examples and descriptions of patterns and outliers and explains how to show them Visualize This 2nd edition demonstrates how to explain data visually so that you can present your information in a way that is easy to understand and appealing.