Pre-Conference Course

Essentials of Data Visualisation

by Robert Grant from BayesCamp Ltd.

Learning outcomes

After taking this course, you will:

1) Feel familiar with the different visual parameters that data can be encoded as in a visualisation, and which are more easily understood

2) Understand how different types of data, and different messages arising from the data, lead to different formats of visualisation

3) Understand the value of sketching and user-testing in visualisation design

4) Feel more confident with using some basic design principles for data visualisation