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Nathan Yau
Born
Alma materUniversity of California, Los Angeles
Occupation(s)Statistician, information designer, and blogger
Websiteflowingdata.com

Nathan Yau is an American statistician and data visualization expert.

Education

He holds a PhD in statistics from University of California, Los Angeles.[1][2]

Career

Yau is known for his blog FlowingData in which he publishes writing and tutorials on information design and analytics, as well as visualizations and data science-related projects created by other professionals.[1][3][4]

He is the author of books "Visualize This: The FlowingData Guide to Design, Visualization, and Statistics" (2011) and "Data Points: Visualization That Means Something" (2013).[3][5][6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Here's how you're probably going to die – in a stunning visualisation". The Daily Telegraph. January 19, 2016. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  2. ^ "Visualizing Data And Telling Compelling Stories With OkCupid And FlowingData". Fast Company. August 8, 2011. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Visualize This: How to Tell Stories with Data". Brain Pickings. July 26, 2011. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  4. ^ "The Art of Flowing Data: An interview with Dr Nathan Yau". Statistics Views. November 25, 2015. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  5. ^ "The Top 30 Best Data Visualization Books on Our Reading List". Solutions Review. November 12, 2019. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  6. ^ "Infographics: Winds of Change". The Economist. July 6, 2013. Archived from the original on July 15, 2013. Retrieved December 4, 2019.