{"id":14138,"date":"2020-07-13T13:30:25","date_gmt":"2020-07-13T03:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/?p=14138"},"modified":"2020-07-14T16:19:35","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T06:19:35","slug":"the-power-of-data-visualisation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/2020\/07\/13\/the-power-of-data-visualisation\/","title":{"rendered":"The power of data visualisation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Did you know that\u00a0<\/span>visualised data engage<\/span>s<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>readers\u00a0<\/span>more effectively than spreadsheet<\/span>s do<\/span>?\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

V<\/span>isualised\u00a0<\/span>data\u00a0<\/span>acts as a \u2018hook\u2019\u00a0<\/span>for\u00a0<\/span>viewers\u2019 attention. Also,\u00a0<\/span>by connecting facts with a narrative,\u00a0<\/span>visualised data enhances memorability<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>Stories told visually\u00a0<\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>more<\/span>\u00a0compelling<\/span>, and help<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>viewers\u00a0<\/span>grasp<\/span>\u00a0complex information\u00a0<\/span>fa<\/span>st<\/span>er and more easily<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u2013\u00a0<\/span>that sounds\u00a0<\/span>powerful,\u00a0<\/span>doesn’t<\/span>\u00a0it?<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Presenting your research\u00a0<\/span>through\u00a0<\/span>visualised data is a skill<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>you can learn!<\/span>\u00a0We offer\u00a0<\/span>three<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>workshops<\/span>:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Explore your literature using bibliometrics and\u00a0<\/span>VOSviewer<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<\/span>F<\/span>ind out how<\/span>\u00a0to<\/span>\u00a0visualise literature using the\u00a0<\/span>VOSviewer<\/span>\u00a0tool.<\/span>\u00a0Next workshop: 21st July,\u00a0<\/span>register\u00a0<\/span>here<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Data storytelling<\/span><\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0<\/span>You will learn<\/span>\u00a0how to\u00a0<\/span>integrate\u00a0<\/span>data, visuals and narrative to\u00a0<\/span>tell<\/span>\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span>key\u00a0<\/span>story\u00a0<\/span>behind\u00a0<\/span>your research.\u00a0<\/span>Next<\/span>\u00a0workshop<\/span>:<\/span>\u00a023<\/span>rd July<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>register\u00a0<\/span>here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Data visualisation basics<\/span><\/a>\u00a0– You will learn methods and tools to create publication-quality visualisations of structured data from spreadsheets. Next workshop: 15 September\u00a0<\/span>2020<\/span>, more\u00a0<\/span>information<\/span>\u00a0to come.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Here is\u00a0<\/span><\/b>a sample<\/span><\/b>\u00a0visualisation<\/span><\/b>\u00a0created by\u00a0<\/span><\/b>Masami Yamaguchi<\/span><\/b><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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    Did you know that\u00a0visualised data engages\u00a0readers\u00a0more effectively than spreadsheets do?\u00a0\u00a0 Visualised\u00a0data\u00a0acts as a \u2018hook\u2019\u00a0for\u00a0viewers\u2019 attention. Also,\u00a0by connecting facts with a narrative,\u00a0visualised data enhances memorability.\u00a0Stories told visually\u00a0are\u00a0more\u00a0compelling, and help\u00a0viewers\u00a0grasp\u00a0complex information\u00a0faster and more easily\u00a0\u2013\u00a0that sounds\u00a0powerful,\u00a0doesn’t\u00a0it?\u00a0 Presenting your research\u00a0through\u00a0visualised data is a skill\u00a0you can learn!\u00a0We offer\u00a0three\u00a0workshops:\u00a0 Explore your literature using bibliometrics and\u00a0VOSviewer\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Find out how\u00a0to\u00a0visualise literature using the\u00a0VOSviewer\u00a0tool.\u00a0Next workshop:Continue reading “The power of data visualisation”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":152,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academics","category-researchers"],"acf":[],"modified_by":"Catherine Hoey","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/152"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14138\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}