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Ask HN: book recommendation for data visualization for beginners?
Book should teach both analysis of data and presentation, at the beginners level. I've only worked with Java, Ruby and PHP, so it would be great if the book contained examples in any of these languages.
- arfrank 17y agoMaybe not for beginners but what Ive been told is the holy grail for data viz is: http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/books_vdqi http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/books_vdqi
- jscn 17y agoCheck out Visualizing Data by Ben Fry http://benfry.com/ http://benfry.com/, one of the authors of the Processing language. The book is based on his doctoral dissertation, and has a technical (as opposed to artistic or design) focus, but is easy to understand. The Processing language/environment is Java based.
- gtani 17y agoI think Cleveland was the first person to write about DV. Anyway, this book has been recommended to me several times http://www.amazon.com/Visualizing-Data-William-S-Cleveland/dp/0963488406 http://www.amazon.com/Visualizing-Data-William-S-Cleveland/d...