About the Book: Data Visualization: Exploring and Explaining with Data
DATA VISUALIZATION: Exploring and Explaining with Data is designed to introduce
best practices in data visualization to undergraduate and graduate students.
This is one of the first books on data visualization designed for college
courses. The book contains material on effective design, choice of chart type,
effective use of color, how to both explore data visually, and how to explain
concepts and results visually in a compelling way with data. The book explains
both the andquot;whyandquot; of data visualization and the andquot;how.andquot;
That is, the book provides lucid explanations of the guiding principles of data
visualization