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eagereyesTV: Index Charts, Part 2: Chopping Up and Folding the Time Axis

Robert Kosara / November 9, 2020

eagereyesTV: Index Charts, Part 2: Chopping Up and Folding the Time Axis

I covered the more commonly known value index charts in my my last video on index charts, this one is about indexing on the horizontal, or time, axis. It’s kind of fascinating how you can fold the time axis to get a better view of your data. I show how it works and walk through a number of examples, using housing prices, camera sales, global warming, and even data about my running!

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Robert Kosara is Data Visualization Developer at Observable. Before that, he was Research Scientist at Tableau Software (2012–2022) and Associate Professor of Computer Science (2005–2012). His research focus is the communication of data using visualization. In addition to blogging, Robert also runs and tweets. Read More…

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  1. Theresa-Marie Rhyne says

    November 10, 2020 at 6:07 am

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