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09:30 12:30, Friday 17 October 2014

This workshop is co-

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organized by the Reuters
Institute of Journalism, the
Department of Politics and
International Relations,
and the Alliance for Useful
Evidence.

Making research useful via visualization: the

current challenges and best practices of policy-
oriented and political visualisation
What is data visualisation? Although graphics are generally increase in the use of interactive
associated with bars, lines, and graphics as a form of data
Data Visualisation refers to the
numbers, data visualisation can presentation, which are generally
visual representation of statistical
take m any forms. Calendars, based on one (or m ore) of the
and other types of numeric and
maps, timelines, mind-maps, and graphic forms described above,
non-numeric data through the
illustration diagrams are just a but allow for reader interactivity
use of pictures and graphics. It is
few types of graphics that we (e.g., show change of variable
used to transform (often) large
may use on a daily basis. values overtime).
quantities of data into images
that can m ore clearly illustrate Among static graphs for Finally, infographics are a static
patterns, gaps, schemes, statistical display, we consider form of data presentation, which
regularities, and connections. the most common types to be: generally uses more than one
bar charts, histograms, line type of graphic, as well as
One of the basic foundations of
graphs, and, pie charts. illustrations, to tell an
data visualisation is the
encompassing story about a
understanding that types of Technological developments and
given topic.
graphs should follow from both, the rise of online media as a
the type of data used and the popular form of information
theory/goal in place. distribution have also led to an
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Social sciences
Badie, Bertrand, Dirk Berg-

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Schlosser, Leonardo Morlino. 2011.
Data Visualization in International
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Publications, pp. 537-544. Public policy art &
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Relevant ACADEMIC BLOGs

The Functional Art - http://www.thefunctionalart.com

Visualising Data - http://visualisingdata.com/

EagerEyes - http://eagereyes.org

Flowing Data - http://flowingdata.com/

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Information Aesthetics - http://infosthetics.com/

Storytelling with Data - http://www.storytellingwithdata.com/

Michael Babwahsingh - http://michaelbabwahsingh.com/

Perceptual Edge - http://www.perceptualedge.com/blog/ AT oxford

Telling Information - http://lulupinney.co.uk Things to do with Data lunchtime
series. Wednesdays at 12:30, from
weeks 2 to 7 at IT Services.
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http://blogs.it.ox.ac.uk/acit-rs-
team/advice/rdmcourses/datatalks

Introduction to Data Visualisation

Workshop. 9-12 February 2015.

https://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/cour
ses/details.php?id=C180-
DATA visualization in media 14&utm_source=datavis&utm_cam
paign=envman1415&utm_medium
Guardian - http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog =email

The Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/interactive- Oxford e-Research Centre events

graphics/
http://www.oerc.ox.ac.uk/researc
BBC - http://data-art.net h/visual-computing

Oxford Information Geographies

New York Times https://twitter.com/nytgraphics
http://geography.oii.ox.ac.uk/?pag
Washington Post - http://postgraphics.tumblr.com
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FREE tools
R (coding required) - http://www.r-project.org/

Many Eyes - http://www-

958.ibm.com/software/data/cognos/manyeyes/page/Abo
ut.html

Gap Minder - http://www.gapminder.org/

Visualize Free - http://visualizefree.com/index.jsp

Gephi - https://gephi.org/

Easel.ly - http://easel.ly

Venngage - https://venngage.com/

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Modest Maps - http://modestmaps.com/

Instant Atlas - http://www.instantatlas.com/

Dipity - http://www.dipity.com/

Paid tools
STATA (coding required) - http://www.stata.com/

SPSS - http://www-03.ibm.com/software/products/en/spss-viz-designer

Matlab (coding required) - http://www.mathworks.com/products/matlab/index.html?s_tid=gn_loc_drop

NVivo - http://www.qsrinternational.com/products_nvivo_features-and-benefits.aspx

ZingChart - http://www.zingchart.com/

iChart - http://www.icharts.net/

Piktochart - http://piktochart.com/

Digital Reasoning - http://www.digitalreasoning.com/uncommon-technology/intro-synthesys