Category: Data
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Using 3D for Better Data Exploration
Data visualization is always about evolving new ideas and taking advantage of new technologies. Tableau, PowerBI and other tools are great for some types of data visualization, but I wanted to better visualize multi-dimensional data. Using some Javascript libraries, I built a quick tool to parse and view “many-to-many” datasets and show them in three…
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Creating your own data visualization tools
Tableau, PowerBI, and other data visualizations are great at what they do, but it can be painful to do something non-standard. You can often find hacks to get to your desired result….. but sometimes it’s just not possible. Most analysts and data scientists are skilled in SQL and either Python or R. But we’re not…
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Seeing the whole picture
We often need to look at complex data using the tools easily available (Excel, Tableau, etc.). If the data is complex, these tools can only give us a limited perspective at any given view. It’s like trying to visualize an elephant in the dark when you only have a small flashlight. But by…