Fundamentals of Data Visualization
Data and variables
A course by Gemma Busquets , Designer
About the video: Data and variables
Overview
“Knowing what a variable is and what types exist will help you a lot when you have to deal with a database for the first time. In this lesson you will learn to identify the variables in an Excel file and you will see how to work with them.”
In this video lesson Gemma Busquets addresses the topic: Data and variables, which is part of the Domestika online course: Fundamentals of Data Visualization. Learn how to tell the stories behind data, using everything from statistics to maps and charts.
Partial transcription of the video
“Data and variables To start working with data, we will first have to familiarize ourselves with with tables or with Excel or with databases, and these are made up of variables. In this lesson we will see what variables are, what types are there and how can we use them. Let's see it. Here we have a number 8 and by itself this value tells us nothing. It could be anything. could be my house number or it could be the kilograms that my backpack weighs. But when we assign a concept to this number is when it really makes sense and we know what it means. In this case, the number 8 is the mark of an...”
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Course summary for: Fundamentals of Data Visualization
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Gemma Busquets
A course by Gemma Busquets
Gemma Busquets is a freelance graphic designer and art director based in Barcelona, Spain with more than 10 years of experience. Throughout her career, she has had the opportunity to collaborate with major brands such as Dell, Novartis, San Miguel, HuffPost, Coca-Cola, Nike, Rosetta Stone, Peugeot, InfoJobs, and Puig, among others. She has also been a judge at the ADG Laus Awards for Graphic Design and Visual Communication, specifically evaluating projects in the digital category.
She currently combines her work with teaching at the BAU, Barcelona University Design Center, Spain, as art director of the final projects in the Postgraduate Program in Digital Editions, and professor in the Master's in Infographics and Data Visualization, which she also directs and coordinates.
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