{"product_id":"visualization-for-social-data-science-roger-beecham-9781032259710","title":"Visualization for Social Data Science","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This is an important book on an important topic. I particularly like the examples showing different visualizations of the same data and the parallel presentation of graphics and code. And I absolutely love the chapter on visual storytelling. I can't wait to use this book in my classes.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e- Andrew Gelman, Department of Statistics and Department of Political Science, Columbia University, New York\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"A book that gives learners the inspiration, knowledge and worked examples to create cutting edge visualisations of their own.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e- \u003c\/i\u003eJames Cheshire, Professor of Geographic Information and Cartography, University College London\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVisualization for Social Data Science\u003c\/b\u003e provides end-to-end skills in visual data analysis. The book demonstrates how data graphics and modern statistics can be used in tandem to process, explore, model and communicate data-driven social science. It is packed with detailed data analysis examples, pushing you to do visual data analysis. As well as introducing, and demonstrating with code, a wide range of data visualizations for exploring patterns in data, Visualization for Social Data Science shows how models can be integrated with graphics to emphasise important structure and de-emphasise spurious structure and the role of data graphics in scientific communication -- in building trust and integrity. Many of the book's influences are from data journalism, as well as information visualization and cartography.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Each chapter introduces statistical and graphical ideas for analysis, underpinned by real social science datasets. Those ideas are then implemented via principled, step-by-step, workflows in the programming environment R. Key features include: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Extensive real-world data sets and data analysis scenarios in Geography, Public Health, Transportation, Political Science;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Code examples fully-integrated into main text, with code that builds in complexity and sophistication;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Quarto template files for each chapter to support literate programming practices;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Functional programming examples, using tidyverse, for generating empirical statistics (bootstrap resamples, permutation tests) and working programmatically over model outputs;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Unusual but important programming tricks for generating sophisticated data graphics such as network visualizations, dot-density maps, OD maps, glyphmaps, icon arrays, hypothetical outcome plots and graphical line-ups plots. Every data graphic in the book is implemented via ggplot2.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Chapters on uncertainty visualization and data storytelling that are uniquely accompanied with detailed, worked examples.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Roger Beecham\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 103225971X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781032259710\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e CRC Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/04\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 206\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.46d","brand":"Roger Beecham","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47758408220927,"sku":"9781032259710","price":69.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5805997a-7e95-4e78-b6b5-d718d005e0fd.jpg?v=1765511332","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/visualization-for-social-data-science-roger-beecham-9781032259710","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}