Interactive dashboards

Understanding Data Science

Hadrien Lacroix

Content Developer at DataCamp

One picture...

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One picture is worth a thousand words...

...if the picture makes sense.

Understanding Data Science

Use color purposefully

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Understanding Data Science

Use color purposefully

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Understanding Data Science

Use color purposefully

Understanding Data Science

Use color purposefully

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Colorblindness

  • Red and green is the most common (but not the only one)
  • Information and simulators online
  • Existing color palettes accessible to everyone
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Readable fonts

  • sans-serif
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Label, label, label

  • title
  • x axis label
  • y axis label
  • legend
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Axes

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Axes

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And the award goes to...

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Honorable mention

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Question

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$$ 1\space picture = 1000\space words $$

$$ 1000\space pictures =\space ? $$

Understanding Data Science

A dashboard!

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1 Photo by Marek Szturc on Unsplash
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BI tools

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looker-logo

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R-logo

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Next level

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Let's practice!

Understanding Data Science

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