{"id":1245,"date":"2017-03-06T08:10:03","date_gmt":"2017-03-06T08:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/dataviz\/?p=1245"},"modified":"2017-03-06T08:10:03","modified_gmt":"2017-03-06T08:10:03","slug":"data-visualization-process-in-d3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/dataviz\/2017\/03\/06\/data-visualization-process-in-d3\/","title":{"rendered":"Data Visualization process in D3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The visualization in D3 (or basically any visualization tool) is carried out in the following steps:<\/p>\n<p>1.  Data acquisition \u2013 Obtain the data from a source (disk or over a network).<br \/>\n2.  Parse \u2013 Give it a structure for its meaning and then order it into categories. The amount of data might be immense, but it is necessary to put it in a structure to make it easier to convey the message to the others.<br \/>\n3.  Filter &#8211; Only keep the data that matters, which is in the interest of your claim.<br \/>\n4.  Mine &#8211; Apply methods from statistics or data mining as a way to discern patterns or place the data in mathematical context.<br \/>\n5.  Represent &#8211; Choose the idiom that fits to represent the data. Eg &#8211; bar graph, scatter plot, map, etc.<br \/>\n6.  Refine &#8211; Improve the basic representation to make it more clear and which better give the insights by looking at it. You can change the color scheme or change the entire idiom.<br \/>\n7.  Interact &#8211; Add methods for manipulating the data or controlling what features are visible. D3 is very powerful in this section.<\/p>\n<p>To start implementing in D3.js, you can follow the tutorials given on the website:<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.dashingd3js.com\/d3js-first-steps<\/p>\n<p>Reference:<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.dashingd3js.com\/the-data-visualization-process<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The visualization in D3 (or basically any visualization tool) is carried out in the following steps: 1. Data acquisition \u2013 Obtain the data from a source (disk or over a network). 2. Parse \u2013 Give it a structure for its meaning and then order it into categories. The amount of data might be immense, but &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/dataviz\/2017\/03\/06\/data-visualization-process-in-d3\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Data Visualization process in D3<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1873,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"qubely_global_settings":"","qubely_interactions":"","kk_blocks_editor_width":"","_kiokenblocks_attr":"","_kiokenblocks_dimensions":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"gutentor_comment":0,"qubely_featured_image_url":null,"qubely_author":{"display_name":"Neeraj","author_link":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/dataviz\/author\/neeraj04\/"},"qubely_comment":0,"qubely_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/dataviz\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a>","qubely_excerpt":"The visualization in D3 (or basically any visualization tool) is carried out in the following steps: 1. Data acquisition \u2013 Obtain the data from a source (disk or over a network). 2. Parse \u2013 Give it a structure for its meaning and then order it into categories. The amount of data might be immense, but&hellip;","post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/dataviz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/dataviz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/dataviz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/dataviz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1873"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/dataviz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1245"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/dataviz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1252,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/dataviz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1245\/revisions\/1252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/dataviz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/dataviz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/dataviz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}