THE CHICKEN JOY FOR THE DATA ANALYST BRAIN

The number one fast food in the Philippines, Jollibee, was ranked fourth in the Best Fast-Food Fried Chicken list released by American Magazine Redbook, surpassing other U.S. fast-food giants like Shake Shack, McDonald’s, and KFC (Quadra,2020). The top selling Jollibee Chickenjoy made it to top 3 in America’s best fast-food fried chicken list released by FoodBeast in the United States.

Filipinos who are joyful in the success of Jollibee Chicken Joy can also be at the forefront in the self-service data analytics by reading these Top 10 Chicken Joy (books) for the Data Analysts Brain . I read the ten books and learned from the authors who enjoy doing data visualization and data analysis. Filipino data analysts and data enthusiasts will enjoy reading them also while munching their Jollibee Chicken Joy, Spaghetti, Peach Mango Pie and Halo-Halo. The list are my personal choices but other Tableau wizards who are better than me may find it odd with their own choices but that is the beauty of reading. We digest but tasted it differently. My top 10 are: 10. Effective Data Storytelling: How to Drive Change with Data, Narrative and Visuals by Brent Dykes.

is a good book for anyone who communicates regularly with data, including business professionals, analysts, marketers, salespeople, financial managers, and educators. Effective Data Storytelling will teach you the essential skills necessary to communicate your insights through persuasive and memorable data stories. 9. Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative by Austin Kleon.

Hold your horses before you judge based on your religious views. Austin will share to you that you don’t need to be a genius, you just need to be yourself. The book is a manifesto for the digital age giving the readers positive messages, graphic look and illustrations, exercises, and examples that will put your artistic side on fire. 8. Info We Trust by RJ Andrews.

When I read this book it touches my human experience, my quantitative skills and poetic inclinations. RJ Andrews teaches advanced techniques, such as visual metaphor and data transformations, in order to create more human presentations of data. His book is lavishly illustrated with hundreds of original compositions designed to illuminate the craft, delight the reader, and inspire a generation of data storytellers. 7. Data Visualization Made Simple by Kristen Sosulski.

This book will give the reader a practical guide to the fundamentals, strategies, and real-world cases for data visualization. Beginners in Tableau from education, business, and other areas can use this book’s effective, linear process to develop data visualization literacy and promote exploratory, inquiry-based approaches to visualization problems. 6. Learning Tableau 2020 by Joshua Milligan.

Prolific author who lavishly shares useful tips and tricks. Joshua will teach you to tell data stories using dashboards and guide you how to share these data stories. Rich with practical examples along with detailed explanations will make your learning enjoyable. 5. Fundamentals of Data Visualization: A Primer on Making Informative and Compelling Figures by Claus Wilke.

If you want to learn the elements most critical to successful data visualization then this is your book. You will be delighted with many commonly encountered visualization problems and will know how to turn large datasets into clear and compelling figures. Author Claus O. Wilke is the best to teach you what visualization type is best for the story you want to tell and how do you make informative figures that are visually pleasing. 4. Data Visualisation: A Handbook for Data Driven Design by Andy Kirk.

If you want to absorb years of data visualization experience by hands on practice of curated collection of classic and contemporary examples then this book is for you. Examples on every page, illustrations of good and bad practices, loads of online practical help, checklists, case studies and exercises make this the most comprehensive text available. 3. Visual Analytics by Alexander Loth.

Those who are not in IT or Computer Science will find this book in Tableau a complete journey. You may start with zero knowledge, connect your Excel in your first Tableau data, and get right into creating insightful dashboards. Without a doubt, this book makes it easy and approachable to get started right away. 2. Pro Tableau a Step by Step Guide by Seema Acharya, Subhashini Chellappan.

If you not a beginner in Tableau and want to level up then this book is for you. Fit for those who are teaching Tableau in graduate school and in college. The book will help those familiar with Tableau software chart their journey to a visualization expert. 1. The Big Book of Dashboard. Steve Wexler, Jeffrey Shafter, Andy Cotgreave.

The best Chicken Joy for our Filipino Brain is this book. Combining more than 30 years hands-on experience of the authors helping people in hundreds of organizations build effective visualizations. They know the 'best practices' in data visualizations and their book presents a comprehensive reference for those preparing business dashboards. Peppered with examples focusing on different industries and departments The Big Book of Dashboards is the only book that matches great dashboards with real-world business scenarios. There are other data analytics and data visualization books out there that maybe better than my 10 choices. Readers will be happy if you include them in the list. Enjoy your Chicken Joy for the Data Analyst Brain!. Arnel Lopez Cadelina