Using Data Visualization to Handle the Madness
Chris Garcia
Senior Marketer experienced in Product, Partner, and Portfolio | Specializing in Go-To-Market, Messaging, Campaigns | Driving Innovation in SaaS, Cloud, AI/ML, Blockchain, Web3, Decentralization, and Digital Forensics
Much has been written about data visualization (DV) and how it aides in the understanding of numbers. It’s true that we can gain deeper insights when data is in visual form. But are there any other benefits of DV?
How about the dynamic manipulation of data? Yes. I believe there is value in being able to quickly “move and shift” data and discover new relationships, dependencies and meaning. To illustrate this, I have decided to create a new project in Oracle Data Visualization that looks at the upcoming NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament.
I found my data on www.teamrankings.com. This website hosts NBA and NCAA basketball data and even provides their own rankings. I figured it’s worth giving them a try during the madness that is about to ensue. Here is the spreadsheet I created with their data.
After I uploaded the spreadsheet into DV, and started my project, I see screen below. From here, I can take any number of directions to try and predict the unpredictable.
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