Sunday, 24 March 2013

IT and Business Application lab : Assignment 9

Data Visualization

 

Visualization can be defined as the graphical representation of information, aimed at providing the viewer with a qualitative understanding of the contents of the information. This may be data, processes, relations, or concepts. Graphical presentation may entail manipulation of graphical entities (points, lines, shapes, images, text) and attributes (color, size, position, shape). Understanding may involve detection, measurement, and comparison, and is enhanced via interactive techniques and provision of the information from multiple views and with multiple techniques.

Wolfram Alpha tool

Wolfram Alpha’s Facebook report  delves into your profile and breaks down all of your activity into easy to digest graphs. It’s surprisingly comprehensive so data like times of interaction, word maps, relationship status and network structure is all visualized for your convenience. This is mostly for fun since it’s only your personal account that’s visualized, but if Face book is your main source of interaction (with subscribers, friends, etc.), you will have a lot of information to help you improve.

Wolfram Alpha’s Facebook Analytics Tool 

Who’s your oldest friend on Facebook? What’s the most popular photo you've ever posted? When are you most likely to be found updating your status?

I actually know the answers to those questions—and a lot of other arcane facts about my life in social-space, thanks to a new feature on Wolfram Alpha. That’s the ultra-geeky search engine that specializes in providing factual responses to questions rather than directing you to relevant web pages.
 


 

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