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Visual Analytics Fundamentals: Creating Compelling Data Narratives with Tableau Course

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Lessons

14 Interactive Lessons · 70 topics

01 Preface 9 topics

Three Core Takeaways
What You’ll Learn in This Book
Who This Course Is For
Assumptions
Why Tableau?
Installing Tableau Desktop
How to Use This Text
Supporting Materials
Contents of This Course

02 Acknowledgment

03 About the Author

04 Welcome to Visual Analytics 5 topics

A Visual Revolution
The Evolution from Data Visualization to Visual Data Storytelling
A Brief Look at the State of the Industry
From Visual to Story: Bridging the Gap
Summary

05 The Power of Visual Analytics 3 topics

The Science of Storytelling
The Power of Stories
Summary

06 Getting Started with Tableau 11 topics

Using Tableau
Why Tableau?
The Tableau Product Portfolio
Getting Started
Installing Tableau Desktop
Connecting to Data
Adding and Replacing Data Sources
Basic Data Prep with Data Interpreter
Navigating the Tableau Interface
Understanding Dimensions and Measures
Summary

07 Keeping Visual Analytics in Context 5 topics

Context in Action
Exploratory Versus Explanatory Analysis
Structuring Visual Analytic Stories
Audience Analysis for Storytelling
Summary

08 Fundamental Data Visualizations 8 topics

The Bar Chart
The Line Chart
Pie and Doughnut Charts
The Scatter Plot
The Packed Bubble Chart
The Tree Map
The Heat Map
Summary

09 Fundamental Maps 2 topics

Types of Maps
Summary

10 Design Tips for Curating Visual Analytics 10 topics

Visual Design Building Blocks
Color
Color Effects
Pre-attentive Colors
Important Color Considerations
The Truth About Red and Green
Lines
Formatting, Shading, and Banding
Shapes
Summary

11 Structuring Analytics for Storytelling: Prep, Dashboards, and Stories 3 topics

Basic Data Prep in Tableau: Data Interpreter
Storyboarding Your Visual Analytics
Summary

12 Beyond Fundamentals: Advanced Visualizations 6 topics

Timelines
Bar-in-Bar Charts
Likert-Scale Visualizations
Lollipop Charts
Word Clouds
Summary

13 Closing Thoughts 3 topics

Five Steps to Visual Data Storytelling
The Important Role of Feedback
Ongoing Learning

14 Appendix A. Tableau Services 5 topics

eLearning
Instructor-Led Training
Tableau Help
Tableau Community
Tableau Knowledge Base

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