http://forums.flowingdata.com/ Strength in Numbers en Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:49:47 +0000 http://forums.flowingdata.com/topic/advice-for-some-time-series-data-visualization#post-1438 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:27:41 +0000 nathany 1438@http://forums.flowingdata.com/ <p>I second that. </p> http://forums.flowingdata.com/topic/advice-for-some-time-series-data-visualization#post-1435 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:26:52 +0000 joshhemann 1435@http://forums.flowingdata.com/ <p>This might be obvious, but a heatmap works best when you impose some order to your variables. Time has a natural ordering but you might sort the 40 countries by GDP, those in NATO vs not, etc, and hopefully blocks of colors jump out and reveal information more easily. You should post your images when you are done! </p> http://forums.flowingdata.com/topic/advice-for-some-time-series-data-visualization#post-1434 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:55:15 +0000 nathany 1434@http://forums.flowingdata.com/ <p>I guess while we're at it, a treemap/mosaic plot or whatever it's called, could work too. </p> http://forums.flowingdata.com/topic/advice-for-some-time-series-data-visualization#post-1433 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:48:58 +0000 New High Score 1433@http://forums.flowingdata.com/ <p>You can also look at the concept of Marimekko charts, which are a similar concept. </p> http://forums.flowingdata.com/topic/advice-for-some-time-series-data-visualization#post-1423 Sat, 16 Jan 2010 01:06:09 +0000 kerimcan 1423@http://forums.flowingdata.com/ <p>Thanks for your help. Heatmaps are what I was looking for. I found especially the second link in krees' message useful. </p> http://forums.flowingdata.com/topic/advice-for-some-time-series-data-visualization#post-1422 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:29:52 +0000 nathany 1422@http://forums.flowingdata.com/ <p>i guess a regular time series chart might work for this too. </p> http://forums.flowingdata.com/topic/advice-for-some-time-series-data-visualization#post-1421 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 02:55:08 +0000 Kim Rees 1421@http://forums.flowingdata.com/ <p>Perhaps you're thinking of a basic heatmap?</p> <p>I don't use R, but one of these looks like it might help:<br /> <a href="http://sekhon.polisci.berkeley.edu/stats/html/heatmap.html" rel="nofollow">http://sekhon.polisci.berkeley.edu/stats/html/heatmap.html</a><br /> <a href="http://enotacoes.wordpress.com/2007/11/16/easy-guide-to-drawing-heat-maps-to-pdf-with-r-with-color-key/" rel="nofollow">http://enotacoes.wordpress.com/2007/11/16/easy-guide-to-drawing-heat-maps-to-pdf-with-r-with-color-key/</a> </p> http://forums.flowingdata.com/topic/advice-for-some-time-series-data-visualization#post-1420 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 01:39:38 +0000 kerimcan 1420@http://forums.flowingdata.com/ <p>Hi, I looked for advice or example of a visualization I have in mind but couldn't find any. Below is a description. I know R.</p> <p>I have data on peacekeeping operations and civil wars since 1985. "Peacekeeping operations" (PKO) variable takes on 4 values: No operation, UN operation, non-UN operation, mixed operation. I know the value of this variable for each country and each year. I want to show, for the countries that had at least one civil war (around 40 countries), the values of the PKO variable. </p> <p>I imagine a graph where countries are on the y-axis and years are on the x-axis. Each country has a horizontal strip and the strip can each year take a different color depending on the value of the PKO variable (white if "no op", blue if "UN op", yellow if "non-UN op", green if "mixed op"). </p> <p>Could you tell me the name of such graphs and do you know if I can do this in R? </p> <p>Thanks for your help. </p>