Megan Hunt

Meg’s interest in data analysis began when tasked with creating visualisations using a dataset of worldwide Open Access (OA) policy information which she helped to create and maintain (ROARMAP).  After graduating with a BA in Gender and Cultural Studies from Warwick University she embarked on a career in libraries and worked in several universities over the course of the following ten years.  She stumbled across Tableau by accident when researching software to create visualisations and infographics during her time as a consultant for the European Commission funded PASTEUR4OA project.  She was immediately blown away by its capabilities and ease of use.

In her spare time Meg enjoys attempting to recreate the culinary masterpieces of Yotam Ottolenghi, baking and decorating ridiculously elaborate cakes, sewing most of her own clothes and painting portraits.  She is partial to loud rock music.

Blog Posts

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Sat 07 Jan 2017 | Megan Hunt
Anatomy of a successful Data Schooler
Following on from the last blog about the most challenging aspects of DS, Andy asked us to reflect on and write about how to be successful in the Data School.  I guess that really depends on how you choose to quantify success
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Thu 05 Jan 2017 | Megan Hunt
Fishbowls and Rabbitholes: Challenges and Life Lessons from the Data School
The ‘New Year, New You’ trope has been done to death but when Andy set us the task of writing three reflective blogs about our time at the Data School I found myself thinking mostly in terms of how I could make things easier for myself going forward
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Mon 28 Nov 2016 | Megan Hunt
How to make: Simple Control Chart #2 (Show your parameters some love)
Last time I showed you how to make a simple control chart like this…. ….now let’s add a parameter control to it so that we can change the standard deviation limits and make the colours change dynamically depending on what you choose
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Thu 24 Nov 2016 | Megan Hunt
How to make: Simple Control Chart
The last time I heard the phrase “Standard Deviation” was a good twenty years ago during my GCSE Maths classes and to be honest it very much went in one ear and out the other
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Thu 24 Nov 2016 | Megan Hunt
Quick Tips in Pics #2: 'Compute Using' for Table Calcs
When you’re first using Tableau and come across table calculations it can be somewhat daunting.  There’s the greatQuick Table Calculation option when you right click a Measure but if you have something in columns then this will default to computing across the table
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Wed 23 Nov 2016 | Megan Hunt
Quick Tips in Pics #1: Cross-Database Joins
When you try to join two or more different datasets in Tableau you will see some handy join options in the form of Venn Diagram. But what do they really mean?  Here’s a quick, handy guide. Cross-Database Joins at a Glance Don’t forget! Joining across databases joins at the row level
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Mon 21 Nov 2016 | Megan Hunt
The good stuff: Design from scratch #2
More tips for how to start thinking about creating a viz without even touching a computer.  Here’s how to get going when you’re not sure where to start! Quick Ideas, Quick Thinking, Quick Sketching Get as many ideas down on paper as quickly as possible
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Fri 11 Nov 2016 | Megan Hunt
The Good Stuff: Design from scratch #1
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Thu 27 Oct 2016 | Megan Hunt
Alteryx Basics: Create Points (Spatial Tools)
Day 4 of Alteryx 101 week and we have been diving head first into spatial analytics.  One of the most useful tools in the set of Spatial tools is the Create Points tool
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Thu 27 Oct 2016 | Megan Hunt
Alteryx Basics: Generate Rows
Day 3 of Alteryx 101 and today we looked at more prep tools, as well as some parsing and spatial tools
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Tue 25 Oct 2016 | Megan Hunt
Alteryx Basics: Text to Columns
Week 3 at The Data School, and Day 2 of Alteryx [http://www.alteryx.com/] 101 training.  We learnt a huge amount about the variety of different tools available, as well as how to create and use macros and apps within the Alteryx environment
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Mon 24 Oct 2016 | Megan Hunt
Alteryx Basics: I'm just here to Browse
This week at The Data School is Alteryx [http://www.alteryx.com/]101 – our very first introduction to a really powerful data preparation and analytics tool.  Already from the get-go Alteryx seems, in the same way as Tableau, to be pitched as highly intuitive with a mostly drag-and-drop interface
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Wed 12 Oct 2016 | Megan Hunt
Data School Day 3: If in doubt, 'right click'
The end of Day 3 at The Data School is upon us already – time seems to fly by when you’re learning Tableau but at the same time it feels so intuitive that already some things feel like second nature after only a couple of days
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Tue 11 Oct 2016 | Megan Hunt
And for your first trick...
Life at The Data School (version 4.0) started in earnest yesterday, with a flurry of donuts, coffee, crayons and nervous grins.  Today was Day 2 and after some initial Tableau training we launched straight into a #MakeoverMonday [https://mobile.twitter.com/search?q=%23MakeoverMonday]
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