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Data discovery with Ben Jones Tableau Public product marketing manager [email protected] Twitter: @DataRemixed July 1 st , 2013
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Data discovery
with
Ben Jones Tableau Public product marketing manager
Twitter: @DataRemixed
July 1st, 2013
question gathering
data
structuring
data
exploring
data
communicating
data
The Data Discovery Horse Track
Tableau is like Secretariat
because visualizing data can be the fastest way around the track
I acquire
I have the “I
don’t know”
feeling, so
data
an experience
verbal
responses
I have the “I
know” feeling
Is it
enough
?
which I analyze and
interpret
Wonder Seek Discover Mature
No
and learn through
inference or
deduction
Do I
have
the right
info?
Yes
Yes
No
I acquire
I have the “I
don’t know”
feeling, so
data
an experience
verbal
responses
I have the “I
know” feeling
Is it
enough
?
which I analyze and
interpret
Wonder Seek Discover Mature
No
and learn through
inference or
deduction
Do I
have
the right
info?
Yes
Yes
No
“Data Discovery”
data
an experience
verbal
responses
tacit
explicit
Best types of questions
Who? What? When? Where?
How many?
Why?
How?
Types of information
Types of knowledge
Explicit vs. Tacit Knowledge
(sometimes you just have to try for yourself)
or
know
what where when how many
And yet there is great value in explicit data
New York City is a place of great abundance,
and data is no exception
https://data.cityofnewyork.us/
know what
correlations with Tableau
“When you leave New York, you are
astonished at how clean the rest of the
world is. Clean is not enough.”
-- Fran Lebowitz
know where
geospatial visualization with Tableau
Where are the
bridges in NY/NJ that
are in the worst
condition?
The Bridges of NY & NJ
Zip code only
(no lat/long in data)
[Bonus] Electric Consumption - 2010
know when
longitudinal visualization with Tableau
When am I most
likely to spot a rat
in New York?
The best time of the year to spot a
rat in New York is summertime
Graffiti artist “Zeb” is caught in Queens on Nov. 4th, 2010. His email is
searched and photos of his work are recovered
know how many
using Tableau when you only have categorical data
question gathering
data
structuring
data
exploring
data
communicating
data
The Data Discovery Horse Track
thank you
(contact me with comments or questions)
Ben Jones Tableau Public product marketing manager
Twitter: @DataRemixed
