Research Guides: Data &amp; Statistics Resources: Data Visualization

Data visualization basics

Data visualization tools

Most of the data analysis tools listed elsewhere on this guide include functionality to create data visualizations. These are tools whose primary focus is creating visualizations.

Web-based tools

Data USA
Visualization of U.S. public data
Data Wrapper
Usable for free, though with limited options compared to paid subscriptions.
HeatMapper
freely available web server that allows users to interactively visualize their data in the form of heat maps through an easy-to-use graphical interface
RAWGraphs App
An open-source, web-based tool for creating data visualizations.
Tableau Public Web
A free, web-based version of the popular data visualization software Tableau.

Software

Cytoscape
An open-source software platform for visualizing networks and integrating with attribute data.
Gephi
Gephi is an open source network analysis and visualization software.
NodeBox
A node-based tool for efficiently generating visualizations.
Tableau Public Desktop
A free, desktop version of the popular data visualization software Tableau.

Data visualization with JavaScript

There are quite a few JavaScript libraries that can be used to create data visualizations. Below is a selection of these libraries.

Data-Driven Documents (D3)
Data Visualization with D3 tutorial: https://www.freecodecamp.org/learn/data-visualization/#data-visualization-with-d3
Leaflet
A JavaScript library for working with geodata.
RAWGraphs JavaScript Library
A JavaScript library that leverages D3 to create vector illustrations.
Sigma.js
A JavaScript library for visualizing graphs of nodes.
Vega
Refers to itself as "a visualization grammar, a declarative format for creating, saving, and sharing interactive visualization designs."