Best Practices – Data Visualization

I’m not sure if you are familiar with TED, but one speaker presented data in a way that was both elegant and simple at the same time. Here’s the brief bio:

“Hans Rosling is professor of international health at Sweden’s world-renowned Karolinska Institute, and founder of Gapminder, a non-profit that brings vital global data to life.” (Recorded February, 2006 in Monterey, CA.)

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Business Intelligence and Data Visualization

I’ve been working on a data/business intelligence project for the company, and in the process of thinking about some BI solutions, Zach pointed me to a tool called Tableau.

Our group has been discussing data visualization, and since the data project I am working on might move towards recommending a reporting tool, I wondered what your impressions are of this tool.

Demo here

Example of output for satisfaction data here

In the meantime, Juice Analytics recommends a quick little Excel fix that can make charts more Tufte-compliant.

Tags: [Tableau Software, Business Intelligence, BI, data visualization, UXperience]