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Stephen Few has has been an inspiration to us through the years. He has patiently prodded software companies to improve their tools for visual presentation of information, motivated by the sincere hope to improve the world we all live in.
At Freakalytics, we incorporate his content
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Click here to read the details about this dashboard, from our blog post last June.
Embedding tableau public content is simple and quick. Your web site visitors will need NO software installation, since Tableau depends on native Ajax functionality used by sites like GMail. Although not officially supported in the current release, tableau public is viewable and functions interactively on the iPhone based on our simple tests!
On your Tableau journey, consider…
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Reviews of Stephen’s latest book, “Rapid Graphs with Tableau”
“A great work – this is going to be a much loved book.”
Marc Rueter- Director of Sales Consulting, Tableau Software
“A must read for anyone interested in Tableau. Clear explanations, practical advice and beautiful examples…”
Elissa Fink – Vice President of Marketing, Tableau Software
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Tired of boring spreadsheets and data overload from confusing graphs? Master the art of rapid graphs with Tableau Software. Tableau is designed with one goal in mind – to give you the power to quickly explore and understand your data so that you can use your results in a wide variety of real-world situations. After learning Tableau, you will be able to clearly communicate your findings with audience-friendly graphs and tables.
“A picture is worth a thousand words” is a common saying that is more relevant today than ever as volumes of data multiply and the need for easy access to answers becomes more critical. From simple yet stunning graphs to vibrant multi-graph views capable of communicating incredible insights, this book will cover the extensive range of Tableau capabilities in easy-to-follow examples. Learn the scope and flexibility of this powerful application in just 8 days and go beyond the traditional limits of data presentation!
Please note, the cover image will take several days to appear on Amazon. The back cover image of the book is lower in this post.
Gain a working knowledge and broad overview of the most powerful analytic platform- SAS!
Jonathan Koomey’s masterpiece on thinking and working analytically- truly exceptional for anyone interested in analytics!
Stephen Few’s latest work- merging the world of visualization and analytics brilliantly!
Stephen Few’s book on dashboard design- principles for good design that will inform and delight your audience!
This was the first book I read by Stephen Few. This helped change my thinking on how people perceive and process information. Using these principles also helped me to significantly improve my presentations and ability to explain complex analytic results in simple, actionable tables and graphs.
Click here to buy Rapid Graphs with Tableau from Amazon!
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Click here for a complimentary preview of the Table of Contents and Chapter 1.
Reviews of “Rapid Graphs with Tableau”
“A great work – this is going to be a much loved book.”
Marc Rueter- Director of Sales Consulting, Tableau Software
“A must read for anyone interested in Tableau. Clear explanations, practical advice and beautiful examples…”
Elissa Fink – Vice President of Marketing, Tableau Software
Back Cover Text
Tired of boring spreadsheets and data overload from confusing graphs? Master the art of rapid graphs with Tableau Software. Tableau is designed with one goal in mind – to give you the power to quickly explore and understand your data so that you can use your results in a wide variety of real-world situations. After learning Tableau, you will be able to clearly communicate your findings with audience-friendly graphs and tables.
“A picture is worth a thousand words” is a common saying that is more relevant today than ever as volumes of data multiply and the need for easy access to answers becomes more critical. From simple yet stunning graphs to vibrant multi-graph views capable of communicating incredible insights, this book will cover the extensive range of Tableau capabilities in easy-to-follow examples. Learn the scope and flexibility of this powerful application in just 15 days and go beyond the traditional limits of data presentation! Read the rest of this entry »
Stephen’s latest book is a brilliant interplay of simple to advanced statistical concepts with powerful visual equivalents and methods. It offers wonderful guidance with great examples around visualizing time series, correlations and multivariate analysis problems. It will have a major impact for many years to come in changing how business analysts work, think and improve their companies!
A friend of mine recently asked “… are statisticians becoming irrelevant” (hey, that’s me!) with the advent of advanced visualization tools like Tableau. I think the answer is yes and no. New tools like Tableau combined with methods expounded by Stephen will allow daily business questions to be answered rapidly. This should allow the statisticians to focus on tackling very high value problems where even a 1% improvement in the outcome is a huge win.
I have personally found that combining my work in data mining with beautiful stories about the results (created with Tableau) is truly impressive and informative for guiding decision-makers. Business decision-makers gain the advantages offered by advanced data mining algorithms such as decision trees, logistic regression and neural networks to identify primary predictive patterns and variables. The analyst can then clearly explain the results with compelling visuals to easily convey the findings and recommendations.
I think Stephen’s latest book will become the “gold” standard for data exploration books to follow. If you need the next step past “Show Me the Numbers“, this is it! BTW- it is even better than “Show Me the Numbers“, which is indeed very impressive. I plan to incorporate some of this book into my advanced Tableau course, “Data Exploration and Elegant Dashboards with Tableau”.
Cross-posted comment at Tableau Blog.
Add Your Comment HereWhy don’t you just show me the numbers?
Sample revenue data from a university
| College | Quarter | Total Revenue | Tuition | Research | Plan Revenue |
| Arts | 2009-01 | $5,510,268 | $5,230,198 | $280,070 | $6,000,000 |
| Design | 2009-01 | $703,770 | $408,762 | $295,008 | $680,000 |
| Engineering | 2009-01 | $25,139,083 | $6,201,932 | $18,937,151 | $26,800,000 |
| Sciences | 2009-01 | $4,439,991 | $2,159,010 | $2,280,981 | $4,400,000 |
A prickly example – Excel chart defaults
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Whether you are a grad student, business analyst, statistician, or even a long time user of SAS software- SAS for Dummies (available at Amazon) offers quick access to a vast survey of practical knowledge using the new and exciting world of SAS 9. If you are using the latest version of SAS Learning Edition (version 4.1), this book also makes a perfect companion since it covers SAS Enterprise Guide and the same release of SAS 9.
Like many Dummies books, it is an introduction that will get you moving forward and make you productive in short order. SAS products covered include SAS 9, SAS Enterprise Guide 4.1, SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office 2.1, SAS Web Report Studio 3.1, data warehousing with SAS, statistical analysis with SAS, forecasting with SAS, and data mining with SAS. After using this book, you may be inspired to read further on areas of greater importance to you (see my Other Books page for great reviews and recommendations.)
SAS for Dummies is very different from most SAS books since it does not focus on just one topic, such as data management, survival analysis, or SAS programming. Instead, I offer you key points and capabilities for a broad range of areas needed to access your data, manage your data, create reports and summaries, make awesome graphs, and get you started on the path of analytics guru!
Adobe Acrobat PDF excerpts of the book are available here (note that they each open in a new browser window):
SAS for Dummies Table of Contents
SAS for Dummies Sample Chapter
SAS for Dummies Sample Datasets, also included with SAS Enterprise Guide. I have them available here in case you can’t locate or simply don’t have these sample datasets. You will need to place them in a folder and SAS library accessible to your SAS server or in a folder where you can import them to your SAS Server with Enterprise Guide.
Add Your Comment HereSAS for Dummies is being used at Duke University Medical School as one of two texts for a course on Introduction to Statistical Methods. See http://crtp.mc.duke.edu/content.asp?page=courseinfo. The program the book is being used in is described as:
“… provides academic training in the quantitative and methodological principles of clinical research. Designed primarily for clinical fellows who are training for academic careers, the program offers formal courses in research design, research management, medical genomics, and statistical analysis.”
I have to say this is somewhat of a surprise at first
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