We’re used to seeing trend data in a line graph, but other options better visualize tiny trends.
I’ll give you this much: They’re cute. But clarity outweighs cute. Bubble charts are bad, y’all. I can think of at least three reasons. You can probably think of more.
You should be graphing during data analysis. But those shouldn’t be the graphs you share when reporting.
I too used the “generic” stick figure dudes early in my data viz days, thinking I was representing all the people in my study. I was wrong.
Diverging stacked bar charts are essential for telling stories from survey data. Here’s how to make one, step by step, in Excel.
If you do nothing else to charts, you’ll still *seriously* improve their storytelling capacity by giving them awesome titles.
The trajectory of dashboards can give us clues about what it’ll take to get AI to live up to it’s promises. If you don’t know how to tell a story with data, you’re sunk. No matter what tool or platform you use.
The next time someone asks me how good data visualization actually contributes to a better bottom line, I’m going to retell this story. Bad design costs big dollars.
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