The Truthful Art is an introduction to quantitative thinking and statistical and cartographical representation written specifically for journalists and designers. A follow-up to The Functional Art, it goes into the specifics of how to create functional charts, maps, and graphs.
Part 1 in The Truthful Art provides a broad introduction to statistics, written with journalists and designers in mind. Cairo avoids using jargon and formulas, focusing instead on how to manage and interpret data sets, and how to extract stories from them.
In Part 2, Cairo gets down to business giving specific advice on how to use charts and maps in infographics and visualization. Readers will learn what kind of statistical charts exist and how to use them correctly; what maps are with an introduction to cartography terms and techniques; the basics of maps including how to create locator maps and how to understand basic cartographical terms such as projection, scale, symbolization, etc. ; and the main kinds of thematic maps (choropleth, isopleth, proportional symbol, etc.) and how to use them.
In Part 3, Cairo leaves the classroom and enters the real world with an in-depth look at how information graphics and visualization teams are organized at publications around the world including The New York Times, La Nación (Costa Rica), Estado de São Paulo (Brazil), and more. He also explains how to develop a successful style book for graphics using sample pages from several real style books for examples.
Part 4, the last section of the book, features interviews with six to 10 leading designers of charts and maps including Jer Thorp, Amanda Cox, Ben Fry, and more.
No matter what your actual job title, you are or soon will be a data worker.
Every day, at work, home, and school, we are bombarded with vast amounts of free data collected and shared by everyone and everything from our co-workers to our calorie counters. In this highly anticipated follow-up to The Functional Art Alberto Cairo s foundational guide to understanding information graphics and visualization the respected data visualization professor explains in clear terms how to work with data, discover the stories hidden within, and share those stories with the world in the form of charts, maps, and infographics. In The Truthful Art, Cairo transforms elementary principles of data and scientific reasoning into tools that you can use in daily life to interpret data sets and extract stories from them.
The Truthful Art explains:
The role infographics and data visualization play in our world
Basic principles of data and scientific reasoning that anyone can master
How to become a better critical thinker
Step-by-step processes that will help you evaluate any data visualization (including your own)
How to create and use effective charts, graphs, and data maps to explain data to any audience
The Truthful Art is also packed with inspirational and educational real-world examples of data visualizations from such leading publications as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Estado de São Paulo (Brazil), Berliner Morgenpost (Germany), and many more.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface: It All Begins With a Spark
Introduction: The Island of Knowledge and the Shoreline of Wonder
PART I: FOUNDATIONS
Chapter 1: What We Talk About When We Talk About Visualization
Chapter 2: The Five Qualities of Great Visualizations
PART II: TRUTHFUL
Chapter 3: The Truth Continuum
Chapter 4: Of Conjectures and Uncertainty
PART III: FUNCTIONAL
Chapter 5: Basic Principles of Visualization
Chapter 6: Exploring Data With Simple Charts
Chapter 7: Visualizing Distributions
Chapter 8: Revealing change
Chapter 9: Seeing Relationships
Chapter 10: Mapping Data
Chapter 11: Confidence and Significance
PART IV: PRACTICE
Chapter 12: On Creativity and Innovation
An Epilogue on What Lies Ahead
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