Introduction to Data Visualization

Data visualization (or data viz for short) has rapidly developed into a huge area of interest for a broad group of users including researchers, businesses, and anyone looking to effectively communicate a large amount of information to a specific audience. If you have a research question that utilizes data, data visualization and its associated tools can help you analyze and make sense of the information you have gathered.

In this presentation, participants will:

• Be introduced to what data visualization is and why it is both an important and relevant skill to learn.
• Learn more about the types of data visualizations available to choose from and reasons for using specific types of visualizations.
• Explore some of the tools used to create data visualizations in a variety of fields.
• Find out what the Ohio State Libraries has to offer in terms of data visualization support.

Who: OSU faculty, postdocs, and graduate students
When: Wednesday, January 24, 5:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Where: Research Commons, 3rd floor of 18th Avenue Library