--- a/index.md +++ b/index.md @@ -116,9 +116,9 @@ # The basics of being a data scientist +* Have a hypothesis � even if you’re making a tool/api that helps people with their questions too, remember what the objective of that is. * Find the people and tools you need to prove/show/find. This rest of this page will help with the latter. +* Analyse and present results � were they what you expected? Do they help explain to others what you have found out? Can present as a interactive data visualisation or a web/mobile application or just a infographic/motion graphics video that tells a story. Please note, there are a combination of Analysis and Visualisation tools in each of the major categories below. # API Development {#api-development} @@ -144,7 +144,9 @@ -# Data Visualisation {#data-visualisation} +# Infographics and Data Visualisation {#data-visualisation} + +Infographics try to contextualise charts and graphs to tell a story. Data vis builds on this to find new ways to design insight. Most of the categories to follow have visualisation tools specific to their purpose. @@ -213,7 +215,7 @@ [Miso Dataset](http://misoproject.com/dataset/) +[](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/How-to-participate-in-GovHack_html_m53b7ee38.png)Javascript data transformation library � especially good if you want to use the output for javascript interactive visualisations because the transformations can be done on-the-fly by users. ### R Statistical Language @@ -238,7 +240,8 @@ # Unstructured (text documents, webpages, metadata, tweets etc) Data Tools Scraperwiki -Overviewer +Overviewer/ Jigsaw +http://www.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/ii/jigsaw/ R @@ -248,7 +251,7 @@ ### Neo4j +[](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/webadmin-data.png)Help understand relationships � how is X connected to Y and via what other entities they both are connected to. Imports and exports can be done using a preexisting tool like Gremlin or by writing a simple Java/Python/Ruby application. Queries can be tested in the built in data browser. @@ -268,7 +271,7 @@ ### [Graphviz](http://www.graphviz.org/) +[](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/How-to-participate-in-GovHack_html_7579906d.png)Classic directed graph visualisation tool, can even [generate images online without installing](http://ashitani.jp/gv/) or use in webpages with [javascript port of software](http://code.google.com/p/canviz/). File format [�dot� very easy to learn](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOT_language) ### Gephi @@ -329,7 +332,7 @@ Illustration from Data Journalism Handbook, CC BY-SA 3.0</dd> +The best high level reference is the �Understanding Data� and �Delivering Data� chapters of the Data Journalism Handbook which is available online for free at [datajournalismhandbook.org](http://datajournalismhandbook.org/)