Common Chart Types - I Introduction

In the previous session, the faculty spoke about data visualizations. He also explained some good and bad data visualizations. Finally, you were introduced to Tableau. 

Tableau is a powerful data visualization software, and it is accessible to those who want to get into data analytics but are not skilled in coding. 

In this session

In this session, you will be introduced to some common chart types and gain hands-on experience using Tableau to create visualizations. 

You will learn essential concepts like: 

1. Importing Data
2. Data Pills
3. Data Filtering 

Additionally, you will learn to create: 

1. Data Tables 
2. Bar Charts 
3. Line Charts 
4. Maps 
5. Tree Maps 

Tableau can create a variety of different types of charts. Our faculty member will not be able to cover all the charts in a short span. Instead, they will focus on explaining the concepts involved in making visualizations. Once you are clear with the concepts, ample material is available for creating the visualizations that you desire. 

People you will hear from in this session

Sean Oslin 

Data Scientist at Booz Allen Hamilton.

 Sean has degrees from the University of Michigan and the University of Washington. During the last few years of his career, he has specialized in data visualization using Tableau. His public Tableau profile has multiple visualizations (also called vizzes in Tableau jargon) using fancy charts such as Sankey charts and Funnel charts. Currently, Sean is working as a data scientist at Booz Allen Hamilton.