Data Visualization Principles for Tableau Training Course

This course teaches you about human perception and how to leverage it to deliver the best insights. You will get familiar with design theory, including Gestalt Laws, pre-attentive attributes, and inclusivity. You will also understand the similarities and differences between exploratory and explanatory analysis. You will discover the usage of the charts and learn how to choose the most suitable one. At the end of the course, you will know how to implement the design principles is visualizations created using Tableau software.

Course milestones:

Learn about human perception.
Get familiar with design theory.;
Understand different types of charts.
Define the goal of the data visualization.
Examine and improve an ineffective visualization.

Format of the Course:

Interactive lecture and discussion.
Lots of exercises and practice.
Hands-on implementation in a live-lab environment.

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Course Outline

Introduction

Perception of data visualization

Importance of data visualization
Human perception
Cognitive versus perceptual design
Cognitive load

Design Principles

Human perception and cognitive load
Reading patterns
Pre-attentive attributes
Gestalt laws
Usage of the color
Visual hierarchies
Inclusive design

Data Relationships and corresponding charts

Distributions
Correlations
Geospatial
Comparison
Time Series
Ranking
Deviation
Part-to-whole

Practical examples of implementing design principles using Tableau

Chart selection
Visual Hierarchy
Formatting (labels, legends, tooltips)
Custom palettes
Layout
Legibility
Storytelling

Summary and Next Steps:

Helpful resources for further learning

Requirements

This course assumes you understand the tools within Tableau and have some knowledge of the fundamental concepts of data visualization.

Set-up Requirements:
Not needed

Audience:
Data analysts, data scientists, front-end developers

14 Hours

Delivery Options

Private Group Training

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Bespoke outlines
Practical hands-on exercises containing data / scenarios recognisable to the learners

Training scheduled on a date of your choice
Delivered online, onsite/classroom or hybrid by experts sharing real world experience

Private Group Prices RRP from €4560 online delivery, based on a group of 2 delegates, €1440 per additional delegate (excludes any certification / exam costs). We recommend a maximum group size of 12 for most learning events.

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