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Infographics and Statistics“A picture is worth a thousand words”
Mr. Zoltan Nagy – Statistics Division, Department of Economic and Social affairs, United Nations
United Nations Regional Workshop on Data Dissemination and Communication, Manila, Philippines, 20-22 June 2012
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Boring ???
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Interesting!!!
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Why Infographics?
Short attention span Information overloadEasy to understandVisual retention is better the
reading retentionImages are more appealingPeople love to share “nice”
finds on the Internet
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Slide 5
1644 - Michael van Langren
Most likely the first visual representation of statistical data.
12 determinations of the longitude from Toledo to Rome.
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Slide 6
1765 - Joseph Priestley
The first timeline
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Slide 7
1800’s - William Playfair
The ”father” of business graphics
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1958 – Florence Nightingale
Slide 8
Polar area diagram
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1858 – Charles Joseph Minard
Combination of maps and piecharts
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1869 – Charles Joseph Minard
Presentation of multiple variables on a 2D chart.
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Slide 11
1967 – Jacques Bertin
”Semiology of Graphics” – theoretical foundation of data visualization
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How to use Infographics?To advocate an issueTo show the status of an
indicatorTo illustrate trendsTo compare indicatorsTo demonstrate correlations
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To advocate an issue
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To show the status of an indicator
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To compare indicators
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To demonstrate correlations
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http://www.cacoo.com
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http://visual.ly/
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http://charts.hohli.com
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http://www-958.ibm.com/software/data/cognos/manyeyes/
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http://www.statsilk.com/
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More Tools
http://stephenslighthouse.com/2012/03/23/over-100-incredible-infographic-tools-and-resources-categorized/
http://www.webadvantage.net/webadblog/30-really-useful-infographic-tools-resources-4453