Data Visualization/Visualisation of quantitative information

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Description

Overviews levels of measurement and graphical approaches to analysis of univariate data.

Watch this TED talk about Pivot, software for visualising data and browsing the web.

Slides

• Visualisation of quantitative information (Slideshare)
• Handout:
  • Visualisation of quantitative information (3 slides per page)
  • Visualisation of quantitative information (6 slides per page)

Reading

Denscombe, M. (2010). The good research guide for small-scale social research projects (4th ed.) NY: McGraw Hill. (Ch 13: Quantitative data)

See also

• Descriptive statistics
• Graphing
• Levels of measurement

External links

1. Presenting Data – Statistics Glossary v1.1
2. A Periodic Table of Visualisation Methods
3. Gallery of Data Visualization
4. Univariate Data Analysis – The Best & Worst of Statistical Graphs
5. Pitfalls of Data Analysis
6. Statistics for the Life Sciences
7. Visual displays of data & concepts