Learn Data Visualization with these OpenDataScience Guides & Tutorials

When SQL is Not the Best Answer: Identifying “Graph-y” Problems and When Graphs Can Help

Data Visualization Modeling East 2022posted by ODSC Community March 18, 2022

Data scientists work with columns and rows. This is at the core of our training and we are very good at it! From SQL tables to Pandas dataframes and everything in between, we like our columnar data. We thrive best in the assumption that each of... Read more

12 Excellent Datasets for Data Visualization in 2022

Data Visualization Modelingposted by Elizabeth Wallace, ODSC February 3, 2022

Data visualization requires quality data just as much as any other project. Finding data visualization datasets can be frustrating, but these datasets offer excellent resources to support visualization projects of all kinds. Let’s explore the best data visualization datasets for 2022. A Quick Word on Data... Read more

ggplot2: a Framework for Thinking with Graphs

Blogs from ODSC Speakers Data Visualization Modeling East 2022posted by ODSC Community February 1, 2022

Article by Martin Frigaard, Senior Clinical Programmer at BioMarin, and a speaker for ODSC East 2022. Be sure to check out his talk, Data Visualization with ggplot2, there! Today, graphs and visualizations saturate our information landscape. Whether we’re trying to understand our finances, levels of physical activity, investment portfolios,... Read more

Interactive Geographical Maps with GeoPandas

Data Visualization Modeling GeoPandasposted by Parul Pandey December 23, 2021

The word geospatial is composed of two distinct terms. Geo means Earth, and Spatial means relating to or occupying space. Together it refers to the time-based data pertaining to a specific location on the Earth’s surface. GeoPandas is a popular library used to analyze and work with geospatial data in Python.... Read more

Render Interactive Plots with Matplotlib

Data Visualization Modeling matplotlibposted by Parul Pandey December 16, 2021

Interactive charts are loved by all as they can tell a story more effectively. The same is true in data science and allied fields. Exploratory data analysis is an essential step in the data preprocessing pipeline, and there are a lot of libraries available in the... Read more

5 Must-Know Data Visualization Techniques for Any Data Science Professional

Data Visualization Modelingposted by April Miller December 13, 2021

Data visualization is a critical component of data science, but it can be challenging to master. Luckily, there are certain techniques that can help data scientists improve the quality and impact of their data visuals. These must-know data visualization techniques will help you get started on... Read more

Teddy Petrou on Data Visualization Use Cases, Dash 2.0, and the Pros of Seaborn

Data Visualization Modeling AI seabornposted by ODSC Team November 22, 2021

Data visualization is one of the most marketable and desirable data science skills out there. Given its visible and tangible results, hiring managers often look for individuals who can communicate their findings easily and to people who aren’t data-savvy. We recently had the chance to speak... Read more

Top 5 Reasons to Use Seaborn for Data Visualizations

Blogs from ODSC Speakers Data Visualization Modeling seabornposted by ODSC Community November 17, 2021

Editor’s note: Ted Petrou will be giving a presentation on Ai+ Training on Seaborn this December 1st and 8th. Be sure to check his sessions, “Data Visualization with Seaborn,” then! The Seaborn data visualization library in Python provides a simple and intuitive interface for making beautiful plots directly from... Read more

Creating Word Clouds from Text

Blogs from ODSC Speakers Data Visualization Modeling NLP/Text Analytics West 2021 Word Cloudsposted by ODSC Community October 22, 2021

Word clouds are a useful visualization tool. They show the most frequent words in a text, where the relative size of the word correlates with frequency. This is an example word cloud: Word clouds are useful for at least two purposes: An initial exploration of text... Read more

Animations with Matplotlib

Data Visualization Modeling matplotlibposted by Parul Pandey September 29, 2021

Animations are an interesting way of demonstrating a phenomenon. We as humans are always enthralled by animated and interactive charts rather than the static ones. Animations make even more sense when depicting time-series data like stock prices over the years, climate change over the past decade,... Read more