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The Savvy Researcher workshop series offers hands-on sessions during the fall and spring semesters. During the breaks, please refer to our corresponding Savvy Researcher LibGuides for asynchronous assistance. Alternatively, you may fill out a consultation request or visit the Scholarly Commons during our open hours.

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(Note: Not all workshops are available for instruction and sessions are limited to five participants or more.)

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Visualizing Your Data

Date Mar 12, 2012
Time 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm  
Cost Free
Sponsor University Library
Contact Merinda Hensley
Registration Registration
Event type Workshop
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Are you having trouble crystallizing your research results into effective images? When Excel's bar graphs and pie charts are simply insufficient, there are more powerful tools which can make your data sets pop and sizzle. This workshop will demonstrate just a few of the things that can be done with freely available visualization software.

  • Introduction to IBM's Many Eyes and its 20 visualization options
  • Visualization of text and other qualitative data sets
  • Use of the free Gapminder software to present global trends
  • Lists of intriguing information design resources which can get you thinking creatively about data presentation

Lead Instructor: Reference, Research and Scholarly Services

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