Analytics and Data Visualization

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Most datasets are siloed, producing an information overload challenge. Knowledge Graphs can be used as a search engine that sparks new ideas and finds unexpected connections.

Not everyone is drowning in big data or has the know-how to deal with it if they were. Here are six free web services that help mere mortals analyze and visualize their own data.

Tom Davenport is a world-renowned thought leader and author, is the President’s Distinguished Professor of Information Technology and Management at Babson College, a Fellow of the MIT Center for Digital Business, and an independent senior advisor to Deloitte Analytics.

The latest Tweets from Nate Silver (@NateSilver538). Editor-in-Chief, @FiveThirtyEight. Author, The Signal and the Noise (https://t.co/EYTxvN6BLY). Sports/politics/food geek. New York

The latest Tweets from The Upshot (@UpshotNYT). Analytical journalism in words and graphics from The New York Times. Our newsletter: https://t.co/DclvAjp9cj. New York, NY

The latest Tweets from Guardian Data (@GuardianData). Data-driven journalism by the @Guardian. London, UK

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The Times’s newly named data editor spends her time thinking about how best to leverage data for journalism and present it with reader-friendly tools like charts, graphs and interactives.

Data visualization made easy. A javascript library that extends the popular D3.js to enable fast and beautiful visualizations.

The most comprehensive visualization of U.S. public data. Data USA provides an open, easy-to-use platform that turns data into knowledge.

Unlock the power of your data with interactive dashboards and beautiful reports that inspire smarter business decisions.

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A reading list.

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).