data visualization

creation and study of the visual representation of data
Intangible academic_discipline Q6504956
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data visualization

Summary

data visualization is an academic discipline[1]. It draws 333 Wikipedia views per month (academic_discipline category, ranking #236 of 1,010).[2]

Key Facts

  • data visualization's instance of is recorded as academic discipline[3].
  • data visualization is a type of visualization[4].
  • data visualization is a type of representation of data[5].
  • data visualization is part of data science[6].
  • data visualization is part of data visualisation and computational design[7].
  • data visualization is part of data and information visualization[8].
  • data visualization's Commons category is recorded as Data visualization[9].
  • data visualization's said to be the same as is recorded as statistical graphics[10].
  • data visualization's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Data visualization[11].
  • data visualization's product or material produced is recorded as infographics[12].
  • data visualization's partially coincident with is recorded as information visualization[13].
  • data visualization's ACM Classification Code is recorded as 10003145[14].
  • data visualization's uses is recorded as data visualization software[15].
  • data visualization's significant person is recorded as William Playfair[16].
  • data visualization's significant person is recorded as Florence Nightingale[17].
  • data visualization's significant person is recorded as Charles Joseph Minard[18].
  • data visualization's significant person is recorded as John Tukey[19].
  • data visualization's significant person is recorded as Edward Tufte[20].
  • data visualization's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Data Visualization[21].

Body

Definition and Type

data visualization's instance of is recorded as academic discipline[3]. Recorded subclass of include visualization[4] and representation of data[5].

Use and Application

Part of include data science[6], a branch of science[22]; data visualisation and computational design[7], an academic discipline[23]; and data and information visualization[8], a Wikimedia article covering multiple topics[24].

Why It Matters

data visualization draws 333 Wikipedia views per month (academic_discipline category, ranking #236 of 1,010).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . sinxloud.com. sinxloud.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . sinxloud.com. sinxloud.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Instance of academic discipline
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    Significant person William Playfair, Florence Nightingale, Charles Joseph Minard +2
    Topic's main category Category:Data visualization
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