Pimp your data
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The document provides tips for presenting data visually in presentations. It recommends focusing on one main point with the data, filtering out unnecessary information, and using graph types that minimize looking like traditional graphs. Specific graph types discussed include bar graphs, pie charts, bubble plots, and heatmaps. It also suggests using infographics and relating numbers to real-world concepts to improve understanding.
Pimp your data
- 2. !"##"$%&'()*$++$,-*".)//$0/)"#$1234$ 1. Deciding what to present: Data is a tool to illustrate your point and not the central point (as it would be in a paper)
- 8. !"##"$%&'()*$++$,-*".)//$0/)"#$1234$ 6. Create AND Curate Use other sources to back up your point. Don’t forget to credit!
- 9. Sanna Fowler :: Euraxess Asean 2015 “Not everything that can be counted counts” William Bruce Cameron, 1963
- 10. !"##"$%&'()*$++$,-*".)//$0/)"#$1234$ “Not everything that can be counted counts”! William Bruce Cameron, 1963 So get rid of anything that doesn’t count!
- 11. !"##"$%&'()*$++$,-*".)//$0/)"#$1234$ 2. What kind of graph to use? The less it looks like a graph – the better!
- 12. Sanna Fowler :: Euraxess Asean 2015 Scatter plot 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 1000 2000 3000 4000 50000 Data 1 Data 2
- 16. !"##"$%&'()*$++$,-*".)//$0/)"#$1234$ Horizontal Bar !"##"$%&'()*$++$,-*".)// 0/)"#$1234$ Good if you have negative values
- 17. !"##"$%&'()*$++$,-*".)//$0/)"#$1234$ 0 10K 20K 30K 40K 50K 60K Horizontal Bar Malignant Melanoma Breast Lung Bowel Uterus
- 18. Sanna Fowler :: Euraxess Asean 2015 Breast 49,936 Lung 19,693 Bowel 18,410 Uterus 8,475 Melanoma 6,853 5 most common cancers in women
- 21. !"##"$%&'()*$++$,-*".)//$0/)"#$1234$ J1K$ 3IK$ 31K$ Fewer pies, more donuts! total label 72%
- 28. !"##"$%&'()*$++$,-*".)//$0/)"#$1234$ Bubble Plot !"##"$%&'()*$++$,-*".)// 0/)"#$1234$ Bubble Plot CLM+NN''':7"M69#>)*:&*7N'&*(>$
- 31. Sanna Fowler :: Euraxess Asean 2015 Percentage vs Frequency
- 32. Sanna Fowler :: Euraxess Asean 2015 10% vs 1/10
- 33. !"##"$%&'()*$++$,-*".)//$0/)"#$1234$ People understand frequency better 7# 1% 27% 89:#
- 34. !"##"$%&'()*$++$,-*".)//$0/)"#$1234$ Relate numbers to reality •! Relate numbers to real things: –!4 x height of Everest vs 35,392m –!..fit 4 hundred on a pinhead vs 0.3µm –!3 times the speed of sound vs 1000 m/s
- 35. Sanna Fowler :: Euraxess Asean 2015 Take out the technical • Express frequencies out of 1000 if small 26 out of 1000 vs 2.6% 2 out of 5 vs 40% • Avoid exponentials 1 million vs 1 x 106
- 36. Sanna Fowler :: Euraxess Asean 2015 3. Infographics
- 37. Sanna Fowler :: Euraxess Asean 2015 @technologistEU
- 40. Sanna Fowler :: Euraxess Asean 2015 Infography sites Tools • Infogr.am • https://plot.ly • http://piktochart.com/ • http://www.easel.ly/ • http://visage.co/ (beta) Inspiration • http://www.theguardian.com/data • http://www.nytimes.com/upshot/ • http://visual.ly/
- 42. Sanna Fowler :: Euraxess Asean 2015 • 1 figure = 1 message • The less it looks like a graph – the better! • The title is the take home message • Use colour!