#5 Examining data over time (7 ways with Netflix stock prices)
#4 Bullet charts & enhancements: making Stephen Few's invention even better
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Add Your Comment HereA dashboard to select high-quality stocks with high yield and low volatility
Selecting a "safe" stock with a solid dividend is quite popular in the current economic climate. The traditional "safe" investments are paying extremely low interest rates while many American companies are growing revenues while paying out strong dividend yields (4% and higher) that exceed those of government bonds. In late December, I selected a set of stocks with solid financial strength ratings, positive revenue growth in the past year, dividends of 4% or more and lower than average stock price volatility (also called the beta of a stock.)
After some data cleanup, I assembled this into a dashboard for quick review and exploration. This dashboard allows you to select higher yields, higher revenue growth or lower levels of volatility. By clicking on an individual stock, you are taken to MSN Money web site (below initial dashboard) for their current "StockScouter" rating.
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Add Your Comment HereHelping a state government agency – a dashboard of poverty rates in Utah
We are always excited to see new people using visual analytics with data in the public interest. After seeing some great poverty analysis work from the Utah Department of Workforce Services, we wanted to share some ideas that might provide inspiration to them.
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Business Analytics in Fortune Magazine – Pat Hanrahan, Tableau Co-founder
A nice article on Tableau and visual analytics appeared in Fortune magazine this week.
"Former Pixar engineer Pat Hanrahan has found a new calling organizing and analyzing business data, and bringing the information to life.
Mr. Incredible: Pat Hanrahan in his lab at Stanford
How many enterprise software executives can brag that they have been feted by Hollywood? At least one: Pat Hanrahan, a Stanford University professor and co-founder of Seattle-based Tableau Software, earned a Scientific and Engineering Academy Award for visual-effects technology..."
A few additional comments from Freakalytics follow.
It is indeed rare that an analysis product is both informative and addictive- Tableau has achieved this remarkable mix for regular business people, not just data geeks like me! I base this on the repeated feedback from the many people I have trained on Tableau in the past few years. Several reasons lie behind this including speed, flexibility and beauty of the results you can create in Tableau.
After reading this article a second time, I was surprised to see this did not include any links to the products listed:
Examples from Freakalytics
http://www.Freakalytics.com/examples
More examples and the free version from Tableau
http://www.TableauSoftware.com/public
While Tableau isn't a native app on the Mac, I have seen many people using it on the Mac with Windows running in Parallels. Most Mac people in the corporate world already have Windows installed in my experience. That is not to say that it wouldn’t be great to have it native on the Mac… Also, there is a sweet iPad app for viewing dynamic content from Tableau Server hosted analyses and dashboards.
In short, Tableau has redefined what business analytics software should look like and how it should engage the person using the data or reviewing the findings. It is akin to what Yahoo and Google did for finding information- it has put the analytic process in reach of the regular business user.
Add Your Comment HereWhy choose Complete Tableau Training by Freakalytics? A recent attendee’s perspective
This review of our 4 day training series was written on LinkedIn by a recent public training attendee, Danyelle. She works at the US Department of Health and Human Services as a Senior Data Advisor. I had the great pleasure of speaking with her outside of the class and was fascinated to hear how she is a change agent for her organization's use of data. They are undergoing significant changes in how their studies are analyzed, presented and shared- all with the goal of increasing the return on their investment in research. You can read her original post in the Tableau Software Group on LinkedIn, it was written in response to our upcoming training in Frankfurt.
"I went to Stephen and Eileen's 4-day Complete Tableau Training in Washington DC a couple weeks ago and it was WELL worth the time and money.
I was most impressed by their case study approach to teaching Tableau. The class ranges from people using Tableau every day at work to people like me who had only read about Tableau.
Reflecting back on the class, I am even more impressed by the quality of instruction and how well it worked for all in attendance. I was immediately able to go back to work and apply the skills I gained in the training to solve a problem that some thought couldn't be done in-house."
Thanks Danyelle for sharing your thoughts! Read all about our training at http://www.Freakalytics.com/training.
Cool video of animated Freakalytics logo opens Tableau Customer Conference 2011
Who said that analytics can't be a fun way to start your day? Tableau animated our dashboard at http://www.freakalytics.com/snp-pub-freak/ and set it to the music of Journey! Awesome job Tableau and a great way to kick-off the conference!
Click here to watch the video!
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Add Your Comment HereEveryday analytics, “The Accidental Analyst”
Many people at the Tableau Customer Conference received an exclusive preview copy of "The Accidental Analyst", compliments of Tableau. If you have a copy of the book and would like to provide feedback prior to the final version, please complete our survey here (open through late November.) If you are looking for the Further Reading section of the book or the PowerPoint slide deck from the Seventh C, these will be available soon on the upcoming Accidental Analyst web site.
"The Accidental Analyst" will be published by Analytics Press, placing it in great company with authors like Stephen Few and Jon Koomey. Jon, founder of Analytics Press, is also the co-author for this book. Pre-order your copy at Amazon.com with this link.
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Add Your Comment HereState of Washington government salaries from 2010, search all 160,000 employees
State of Washington government salary information is now available at WashingtonGovernmentSalaries.com. The dashboard is fully searchable by agency, job title and employee using a dashboard developed by Freakalytics and hosted by Tableau Public. Both companies are based in Seattle, Washington. Freakalytics specializes in expert, in-person analytics training and popular books on analytics. Tableau is a world-leading software company specializing in fast-analytics software.
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