Data Visualisation Skills4Scientists
This course provides an introduction to the concepts of good data visualisations, how colour perception is important to what graphics can show and how to implement some basic plotting using the python package matplotlib.
This resource is part of the PSDI Skills4Scientists resource theme.
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Joanna Grundy, Philip Leadbitter, Stephen Gow, Donald Cruickshank & Samuel Munday
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Please cite: Joanna Grundy, Philip Leadbitter, Stephen Gow, Donald Cruickshank and Samuel Munday. Data Visualisation Skills4Scientists. Online. Physical Sciences Data Infrastructure (PSDI), 27 August 2025. Available from: https://resources.psdi.ac.uk/guidance/3894adca-5032-495d-aa36-8a0d00cfd37c. [accessed YYYY-MM-DD].
Keywords and Subjects
Skill
Research Skill
Self Learning
Data
Data Visualisation
Graphs
Charts
Python
Bias
Best Practises
Techincal
Data Manipulation
Colour
Contours
Visual Perception
Basic Visualisation