Data Types, Lifecycle and Visualization

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Which data type is characterized by categories without any inherent order?

  • Continuous
  • Nominal (correct)
  • Discrete
  • Ordinal

Which stage of the Data Analysis Lifecycle involves identifying patterns, trends, and outliers?

  • Exploratory Analysis & Modelling (correct)
  • Visualisation and presentation
  • Data Preparation
  • Validation

What is the primary benefit of data visualization?

  • It increases the time needed to extract insights from data.
  • It always requires advanced statistical knowledge.
  • It compresses large amounts of information into a smaller space for easier understanding. (correct)
  • It obscures complex relationships within data.

What does a high data-ink ratio indicate?

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For visualizing the distribution of a dataset, which chart type is most suitable?

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Why is it generally recommended to limit the number of colors used in a data visualization?

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In the context of data storytelling, what role does 'conflict' play?

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Which of the following is considered a preattentive attribute?

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Which Gestalt principle refers to elements that are close together being perceived as a group?

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According to the information provided, when is the zero-baseline rule applicable?

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What is the main function of 'Foreign Key' in the context of databases of Tableau?

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What is the implication of a comma following a digit placeholder in a number format (e.g., #.##,, "M")?

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How does data visualization facilitate the investigation of cause-effect relationships?

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Which of the following chart types is most appropriate for visualizing relationships between two continuous variables, while also highlighting data density?

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Given the principles of effective data visualization, how would you appropriately use color in a dashboard designed for executives?

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A data analyst is creating a presentation for a non-technical audience. Which approach aligns best with the principles of effective data visualization and storytelling?

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Imagine designing a dashboard to monitor real-time stock market data. How would you best utilize preattentive attributes to immediately draw the user's attention to critical events?

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A data scientist discovers a strong correlation between two variables, but upon closer inspection, realizes the relationship is spurious due to a confounding variable not initially accounted for. Which of the following visualization techniques would have been MOST effective in initially identifying this potential issue?

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A large financial institution seeks to visualize the flow of transactions between different departments to identify bottlenecks and inefficiencies. Which visualization approach is MOST suitable to represent this complex, interconnected data?

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During a data visualization project, a team is split on whether to truncate the y-axis on a bar chart. Some argue truncating allows for a more impactful view of the differences between categories. Others argue that zero-based axis are a must. When is it acceptable to truncate the axis of a bar chart?

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Flashcards

Nominal Data

Data that can be categorized but not ordered (e.g., colors, names).

Ordinal Data

Data that can be ordered but not measured (e.g., rankings, ratings).

Discrete Data

Whole numbers that represent countable items (e.g., number of students).

Continuous Data

Numerical data that can take any value within a range (e.g., height, temperature).

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Understand business issue

Initial stage of data analysis to define objectives.

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Understand the data

Second step in analyzing the dataset's characteristics.

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Data preparation

Cleaning data by handling missing values.

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Exploratory analysis & modelling

Exploring the data to identify patterns.

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Validation

Confirming the accuracy of the model.

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Visualisation and presentation

Representing data visually.

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Data-Ink Ratio

Ratio of ink used for data vs. total ink.

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Scatter plot

Best for showing relationships.

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Column chart

Chart type for showing the distribution of data.

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Bar chart

Chart for comparing categories.

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Narrative

Data storytelling element: The main sequence of events.

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Characters

Data storytelling element: Who is involved.

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Preattentive attribute

A visual attribute perceived immediately.

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Similarity

Gestalt Principle: Elements that share similar visual characteristics are perceived as more related

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Proximity

Gestalt Principle: Objects that are close to one another are seen as more related.

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Primary

In Tableau, what is a 'Primary' Key?

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Study Notes

  • Data can be qualitative or quantitative.
  • Qualitative data can be nominal (unordered) or ordinal (ordered).
  • Quantitative data can be discrete (integer) or continuous (decimal).

Data Analysis Lifecycle:

  • Understand the business issue.
  • Understand the data.
  • Data preparation.
  • Exploratory analysis and modelling.
  • Validation.
  • Visualisation and presentation.

Data Visualization:

  • Understanding the data and exploratory analysis enables quicker identification of patterns, trends, and outliers
  • Visualization helps reveal things that would otherwise go unnoticed.
  • Visualization helps to investigate cause-effect relationships to facilitate analyzing large data volumes.
  • Visualization and presentation facilitate effective communication of insights and condensation of information.

Principles of Effective Data Visualization:

  • Know your audience.
  • Keep things simple.
  • Choose the right chart type.
  • Use colours wisely.
  • Provide necessary chart components.

Data-Ink Ratio:

  • Proportion of "data-ink" to the total amount of ink used in a table or chart.
  • A higher data-ink ratio declutters the chart by removing unnecessary gridlines.

Selecting a Chart Type:

  • Relationship: Scatter plot, Line chart, Bar chart, Heatmap.
  • Distribution: Scatter plot, Column chart, Statistic chart (box & whisker).
  • Comparison: Bar chart, Stacked bar chart, Tree map.
  • Goal: Bar chart.
  • Limit colours to six.

Tool Tip:

  • Tooltips display data points.

Data Storytelling:

  • Narrative.
  • Characters.
  • Conflict.
  • Resolution (insight).

Preattentive Attributes:

  • Color.
  • Form (orientation, size, shape, length, and width).
  • Spatial positioning.
  • Movement.

Gestalt Principles

  • Pertain to elements that "belong to the same group"
  • Similarity.
  • Proximity (close to one another).
  • Enclosure (shaded area).
  • Connection (connect with lines).

Zero-Base Line Rule:

  • Applies only to bar charts.

Fonts

  • Sans-serif fonts.

Software:

  • Excel is used for customized calculations.
  • Tableau is used for analyzing large, complex datasets.

Keys:

  • Primary indicates the most important column.
  • Candidate helps to uniquely identify something.
  • Foreign references the primary key of the second table.

Formatting

  • is a digit placeholder.

  • . indicates the decimal point.
  • , following a digit placeholder scales the number by a thousand.
  • " " displays any text enclosed in double quotes.

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