Data + Design: A simple introduction to preparing and visualizing information

Chiasson, T., & Gregory, D. (Eds.), (2014), Data + Design: A simple introduction to preparing and visualizing information. London, UK: Infoactive Media Ltd.

Summary

This book explains important data concepts in simple language. It conveys a strategy for data analysis through the use of visualization to study how data is structured. The book provides many examples using scientific data that demonstrates good and bad ways to represent that data. Additionally, this book yields some innovative ideas to uncover relationships in your own data and create meaningful visuals. Above all, this book lays the basic foundations of these tasks, and also covers more advanced methods for data design and visualization.

Experience

I found this book to be extremely helpful for information design. From gathering data, to cleaning data, to visualizing, this book gave me a lot of insights. I was able to turn those insights into work products both for the class and in my work life.

KEYWORDS: Data, design, aggregation, data preparation, data cleaning, data checks, data transformation, visualization