Tools for Analysing and Visualising Data
| Tool | What can I use this for? | Training/Support materials? | License type |
| D3js (javascript library) and Observable | Free, open-source JavaScript library for visualizing data.
Own dataviz platform, Observable notebooks, for plug-and-play coding options (freemium version only suitable for publicly available data) |
D3 ‘getting started’ guide, further resources on Observable include Tutorials, documentation as well as community resources and blog | D3js: Free/OpenSource
Observable: freemium (tiered subscription model allows private notebooks and extended functionality). |
| DataWrapper | No-code visualisation of quantitative data (charts, maps and tables) based on Python pandas library. | Freemium version with high functionality (tiered subscription model with extended functionality) | |
| Gephi | Visualisation and exploration of graphs and networks. | Tutorials and User Guides here | Free/OpenSource |
| MS Power BI | Data modelling, linking and visualisation (mainly for quantitative/structured data). Some visual storytelling applications for textual data. | Self-study resources via Microsoft Training Hub. Community help and troubleshooting via PowerBi Forum. | Proprietary, access with UoL Microsoft License. Download via AppsAnywhere. |
| NodeGoat | Data modelling, creation and exploration, visualisation/publishing. Designed for humanities research with emphasis on geographical and chronological mapping and working with sources. | Guides and how-tos here. Documentation here. | Free/OpenSource web app. Creation of free account required. |
| OpenRefine | Cleaning messy data (such as textual data), linking web services and other datasets. | User manual here. Support via community forum here. | Free/OpenSource. UoL managed laptops may required Admin permissions to install. |
| Orange | Analyse and visualise datasets inc. network analysis, text mining and natural language processing. No coding required: Graphical User Interface (GUI) with drag-and-drop toolkit. | Documentation here. Tutorials and how-to guides here, troubleshooting via StackExchange community. | Free/OpenSource. |
| Palladio | Data modelling, creation and exploration, visualisation/publishing. Designed for humanities research with emphasis on geographical and chronological mapping and working with sources. | Tutorials and FAQs here. Submit bugs/issues on GitHub here. | Free/OpenSource web app. |
| Tableau | Visualisation of quantitative data. Tableau Public (free) for open datasets. | Instructor Resource Page (tableau.com) (includes ‘getting started’ guides) | Tableau: Free education licenses available (1 year, renewable). Request here: Tableau for Teaching
Install on UoL managed machines via AppsAnywhere Free tool for open datasets: Tableau Public |