Lecture 23: Visualizing Data

MIT 14.310x Data Analysis for Social Scientists, Spring 2023
Instructor: Esther Duflo

In this lecture, Esther Duflo provides a short introduction to visualizing data. The two goals of data visualization are to help you get a sense of what is in the data, and how to tell the story of the data and results to others.               

License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA

[kurtcobain]

As an undergraduate social scientist, I cannot tell you how much I appreciate these lecture series. Thank you to all at MIT who make this possible.

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00:00 Introduction to Visualizing Data
02:15 Goals of Data Visualization
03:33 Importance of Communicating Results
05:56 Producing Good Graphs for Academic Communication
08:17 Generalizations and Objectives of Good Visualization
10:09 Definition and Characteristics of Visualization
13:10 Guidelines for Tables and Figures in Scientific Papers
16:01 Choosing Graphs to Illustrate the Story
17:50 Schwabisch's Article on Visualizing Data
19:53 Problematic Graphs
25:32 Graph Violating Self-Explanatory Principle
26:42 Issues with a Popular Graph
30:41 Issues with a Graph on Discounted Expected Lifetime Earnings
32:40 Problems with Bar Charts and Patterns
34:07 Misleading Graphs
36:47 Debate on Using Bar Charts for Emphasizing Differences
39:21 Issues with 3D Bar Charts and Text Placement
41:03 Grid Points vs. Data Points
42:13 Interpreting Spaghetti Charts
44:34 Color Usage in Graphs
46:02 Edward Tufte's Principles
48:53 Economical Graphs
51:40 Selecting Graph Types
54:02 Application of Graph Principles
55:23 Displaying Data on Graphs
1:05:44 Grid Lines and Readability
1:10:22 Simplifying Spaghetti Charts
1:13:42 Maps in R
1:17:14 Comparing Visualizations
1:19:25 Geographic Impact on Life Expectancy
1:20:49 Conclusion and Additional Material

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[Matchshots]

thank you so much for your efforts and decentralization of valuable education

[tzachs_]

Thank you so much for the video. Next time pls upload MIT 14.02 Principles of Macroeconomics.

[mshark]

Wow, a Nobel laureate delivering a mundane lecture on data visualization :)

[noorpk]

Thank you for uploading this nice lecture.

[ALOKMISHRAVLOG]

Where can i get supportive study material for the same. Appreciated thank you ❤

[karimmohamed]

سلام عليكم My name is Karim. Can I apply to the institute, but I am from Egypt and in the third year of secondary school?I want to know the conditions for applying. In general, I speak English and German

[igorschmidlapp]

I have no problem visualizing Data. I just imagine Brent Spiner in makeup and a uniform... ;-P

[himothepmwanza]

Au premier mot je savais c'était une francophone 😂