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Essential Design Principles for Tableau

In 2021 the world will generate 50 times the amount of data as in 2011. And 75 times the number of information sources (IDC, 2011). Being able to use this data provides huge opportunities and to turn these opportunities into reality, people need to use data to solve problems.This Specialization, in collaboration with Tableau, is intended for newcomers to data visualization with no prior experience using Tableau. We leverage Tableau's library of resources to demonstrate best practices for data visualization and data storytelling. You will view examples from real world business cases and journal

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Created by: Govind Acharya

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In this course, you will analyze and apply essential design principles to your Tableau visualizations. This course assumes you understand the tools within Tableau and have some knowledge of the fundamental concepts of data visualization. You will define and examine the similarities and differences of exploratory and explanatory analysis as well as begin to ask the right questions about what's needed in a visualization. You will assess how data and design work together, including how to choose the appropriate visual representation for your data, and the difference between effective and ineffective visuals. You will apply effective best practice design principles to your data visualizations and be able to illustrate examples of strategic use of contrast to highlight important elements. You will evaluate pre-attentive attributes and why they are important in visualizations. You will exam the importance of using the "right" amount of color and in the right place and be able to apply design principles to de-clutter your data visualization.
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Govind Acharya is a Principal Analyst in the UC Davis Budget and Institutional Office. In his position, he is responsible for developing and implementing data visualizations on a variety of institutional related data such as classroom utilization, faculty, staff, and students. At Ithaca College, he developed some of the first Tableau dashboards and developed a set of best practices still in use today. He is a graduate of the University of California, San Diego and did his graduate work at San Francisco State University and Cornell University in Economics. He is on the Board of Directors of Amnesty International USA, the world's largest and best known human rights organizations.

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By George O on 4-Nov-19

Too many theoretical concept. More hands on experience will be helpful.

By Lalit G on 30-Oct-19

Wonderful Experience

By Timothy L on 18-Oct-19

Excellent foundations for creating better Vizs

By Rajendra P on 17-Oct-19

Good Explanation

By Yang M on 15-Oct-19

Very useful for my MBA, concepts are very clear and courses are well-prepared.

By Shaik I on 6-Oct-19

Need more assignments

By Robert J on 4-Oct-19

an excellent course and really enjoying the peer reviews I picked up a lot looking at others people work it has given me insight to improve my visualisations

By Vikas J on 2-Oct-19

Well, structured course as knowing the fundamentals is essential for future buildup and implementation. However, a few things we're hard to follow as the presentation was in old tableau, and we are current newer and better versions. We need more examples to play around and get the hang of the software.

By Mr. J on 1-Oct-19

Top Notch

By Suryadevara D on 29-Sep-19

I found this course to be beyond amazing. The course is filled with such useful set of instructions that many instructors fail to provide but this course has it all. So if a person takes this course, he gets an opportunity to learn the best from the best.

By Punit S on 26-Sep-19

Good course to understand visualization basics and clears out a lot of doubts.

By ashish k on 20-Sep-19

awsome course

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Essential Design Principles for Tableau
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  • Price: Free
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  • University: icon University of California, Davis
  • Language: icon English
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