• Title: Data Visualization: A Practical Introduction
• Author(s) Kieran Healy
• Publisher: Princeton University Press (December 18, 2018);
• Hardcover/Paperback: 292 pages
• eBook: HTML
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0691181616
• ISBN-13: 978-0691181615
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Book Description

This book provides students and researchers a hands-on introduction to the principles and practice of data visualization. It explains what makes some graphs succeed while others fail, how to make high-quality figures from data using powerful and reproducible methods, and how to think about data visualization in an honest and effective way.

• Kieran Healy is associate professor of sociology at Duke University. He is the author of Last Best Gifts: Altruism and the Market for Human Blood and Organs.

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• Data Visualization
• Data Processing, Data Analysis/Mining
• Spreadsheets and Microsoft Excel® Programming
• Visualization and GUI (Graphic User Interface) Programming
• Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)

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