Alright, here we go! This is the final dashboard built with the name data from U.S. social security cards from the 20th century. At first glance, this chart looks simple, but that little slider in the bottom right hand corner enables you to make infinite bubble charts. This dashboard explores how many of those 32,600 […]
Dashboard 4: Finding the Signal in a Scatter Plot’s Noise
Hi all! Welcome to Dashboard 4. The three visualizations here dive into the question of how individual names are split between female and male social security cards. Sure, there are many names that gravitate towards a single sex, but there are also a ton of names that are used by both sexes. Those names drift away from […]
Dashboard 3: A Minimalistic Approach to Treemaps
Hi everybody! Ready to build a beautifully simple and addictively engaging dashboard? Dashboard 3 breaks all of those 20th century U.S. social security cards out by the 32,600 unique names in this data set. Tableau scales each name’s rectangle by how many times it occurred, starting with the most popular names in the upper-left corner all […]
Dashboard 2: Four Generations of Family Names
Hey all! Ready for Dashboard 2? We’re going to find people that matter to you in that sea of 32,600 unique first names on 20th century social security cards. In the tutorial, I’ve picked names from the past four generations of women in my family. The line graph creates one line per name, allowing me to see […]
Dashboard 1: The Perfect Bar Chart for the Tableau Beginner
Hi there! Welcome to the inaugural dashboard from Data Dozen. I’m so glad you’re here. And if you’ve never opened Tableau before, you’re in the right place. I designed this dashboard specifically for you. This bar chart will give you a peek into the best of Tableau: the drag and drop interface, powerful filters, nimble table calculations, […]
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Data Dozen’s Blog data visualization education If this is your first time on the site, let me say welcome. My name is Erin Daugherty, and I’m thrilled to have you here. I’m a complete data visualization geek, and love to teach anyone and everyone how to visualize data. If you’re ready to dive into my […]