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The Data Visualization Workshop

You're reading from   The Data Visualization Workshop A self-paced, practical approach to transforming your complex data into compelling, captivating graphics

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800568846
Length 536 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Mario Döbler Mario Döbler
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Tim Großmann Tim Großmann
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Summary

This chapter gave us a short overview and recap of everything that was covered in this book based on three extensive practical activities. In Chapter 1, The Importance of Data Visualization and Data Exploration, we started with a Python library journey that we used as a guide throughout the whole book. We first talked about the importance of data and visualizing this data to get meaningful insights from it and gave a quick recap of different statistical concepts.

Through several activities, we learned how to import and handle datasets with NumPy and pandas. In Chapter 2, All You Need to Know about Plots, we discussed various plot/chart visualizations and which visualizations are best for displaying certain information. We mentioned the use case, design practices, and practical examples for each plot type.

In Chapter 3, A Deep Dive into Matplotlib, we thoroughly covered Matplotlib and started with the basic concepts. Next, we dived deeper into the numerous possibilities...

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