Category Archives for "Visualization"

Time to BUTTON UP! It’s cold outside.

I was doing some ‘spring cleaning’ (yes, optimistic this time of year in the Northeast) and came across my collection of Tableau buttons, of which I am very fond .  I spread them out on my desk and started playing around with different layouts.  Since it’s pretty gloomy, I thought rays of sunshine were fun.Those […]

How Google and Facebook Failed on a Simple Stacked Bar

I came across these two stacked bar visualizations and felt compelled to speak with you all.  If two major companies communicate with their audiences this way, I’d bet there are many authoring similar works.Google AnalyticsFacebook investors presentationA basic  visualization rule is to use separate colors for distinct items like search channels or geographic regions — […]

5 ways the WSJ destroyed this simple bar chart

I just read this article (https://www.wsj.com/articles/asian-shares-lack-direction-1518051458) and had to immediately post.  I’ll keep it simple:I had to figure out  the colored bars corresponded to the Feb 2018 declines.There’s no legend for the gradient.  I assume it’s the percentage of decline.Labeling each bar would make the amount of decline specific.The chart is placed far away from […]

No escaping analytics — even at gem of a beer bar

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Analytic Stories : Episode 6

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Analytic Stories : Episode 5

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Analytic Stories : Episode 4

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Analytic Stories : Episode 3

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Analytic Stories : Episode 2

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