Analytics and Data Visualization

Research and data to make progress against the world’s largest problems

A Treatise on Data Businesses: Why 1st party data isn't enough, 3 pillars of data companies, and horizontal vs. vertical Data-As-A-Service (DaaS).

Auto fatalities have been falling for decades, but in a very interesting plateau-drop pattern.

Edward Tufte home page for books, posters, sculpture, fine art and one-day course: Presenting Data and Information

Nancy L. Ertle Professor of Marketing; Faculty Director, Program on Data Analytics at Kellogg; Chair of Marketing Department

Professor of Psychology, Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences; Professor of Design, McCormick School of Engineering (Courtesy); Director, Northwestern Cognitive Science Program; Professor of Marketing…

Data visualization techniques are integral to memorable and persuasive messaging.

The latest Tweets from Nathan Yau (@flowingdata). FlowingData. Statistician, maker of charts. California

This is an update to the guide I wrote in 2009, which as it turns out, is now mostly outdated. So, 2016. Here we go.

Tell a clear story with your numbers.

A useful resource for anyone interested in becoming a data journalist and getting started with data journalism.

When I began to practice SEO 8 years ago, I never would have guessed that I'd be writing a post about data visualization. Perhaps I might have foreseen myself writing about web analytics or information architecture, but data visualization seemed like something for the statistics fans. But today in web marketing, the emphasis on content has never been stronger, and it just so happens that ...

On January 6th, 2016, The New York Public Library made over 187K digital items in the public domain available for high resolution download. This is one of a number of demonstration projects illustrating creative reuse of public domain materials.

Distilling the world's data, information & knowledge into beautiful infographics & visualizations

This interactive module explores the diversity of viruses based on structure, genome type, host range, transmission mechanism, replication cycles, and vaccine availability.

The Pudding explains ideas debated in culture with visual essays.

An introduction to basic statistical concepts and R programming skills necessary for analyzing data in the life sciences.

D3 is a JavaScript library for visualizing data with HTML, SVG, and CSS.

Plotly creates & stewards the leading data viz & UI tools for ML, data science, engineering, and the sciences. Language support for Python, R, Julia, and JavaScript.

Create interactive, responsive & beautiful charts — no code required.

Tableau Public is free software that can allow anyone to connect to a spreadsheet or file and create interactive data visualizations for the web.

Are you ready to get the most out of Google Analytics? If so, we’ve collected the ultimate guide for Google Analytics resources you can use, including the top official Google Analytics channels, Google Analytics integrations, tools for Google Analytics, and articles about Google Analytics.

Featuring great examples of infographics, data visualizations and visual communication including critique, commentary, best practices, tips, design tools, jobs board, posters, and the Cool Infographics book!

Analytical sleight of hand can mislead managers.

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