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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
Boring ???
Interesting!!!
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
Slide 5
1644 - Michael van Langren
Most likely the first visual representation of statistical data.
12 determinations of the longitude from Toledo to Rome.
Slide 6
1765 - Joseph Priestley
The first timeline
Slide 7
1800’s - William Playfair
The ”father” of business graphics
1958 – Florence Nightingale
Slide 8
Polar area diagram
1858 – Charles Joseph Minard
Combination of maps and piecharts
1869 – Charles Joseph Minard
Presentation of multiple variables on a 2D chart.
Slide 11
1967 – Jacques Bertin
”Semiology of Graphics” – theoretical foundation of data visualization
How to use Infographics?To advocate an issueTo show the status of an
indicatorTo illustrate trendsTo compare indicatorsTo demonstrate correlations
To advocate an issue
To show the status of an indicator
To compare indicators
To demonstrate correlations
http://www.cacoo.com
http://visual.ly/
http://charts.hohli.com
http://www-958.ibm.com/software/data/cognos/manyeyes/
http://www.statsilk.com/
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