A companion post to my NTTS2017 presentation
My presentation at NTTS 2017 is titled An evaluation of data visualization practices of statistical institutes. I’m writing this post to share a few ideas with people not familiar with my work. Some of...
View Article12 ideas to become a competent data visualization thinker
It began with a tweet: Data tweeps: Help! I need to become a competent data viz thinker, well, immediately. Are there “must-read” sources that y’all can suggest? — Lindsey Leininger (@lindsleininger)...
View Article[New ebook] Wordless instructions for making charts in Excel
Context: why written instructions suck. Data visualization is a young discipline, and we use a lot of words to discuss and try to figure out what works, why, and when. I do think experts could/should...
View ArticleWordless instructions for making charts: Tableau Edition
After creating wordless instructions for making charts in Excel, here is the Tableau version. This post discusses similarities and differences between both tools. Check out the e-books at the bottom!...
View ArticleExcel user’s guide to make charts in Tableau
How do Excel and Tableau compare when actually making a chart? I couldn’t find such post, so I wrote one. I’ll create a simple chart, a population pyramid, and comment on the process. To make it a bit...
View ArticleData visualization: beautiful Paris?
When I saw Paris for the first time I was like, meh. Not Paris’ fault. This was the second leg of a trip that started in Prague, and I was still in a process of digesting the city’s overwhelming...
View ArticleComparing Tableau and PowerBI visuals
I need to learn PowerBI, as soon as possible (per client request). So, I spent much of last week using it. I wrote about the depressing experience on Twitter. I also commented on this post, and its...
View ArticleHorizon charts in Excel [bonus file]
A single horizon chart is easy to make in Excel using overlapping columns or areas (the trick is to structure the data the right way). But the horizon chart is a variation of small multiples, so what...
View ArticleExcel: sort + COUNTIF() = utter mess
I’m still in shock. Such a stupid Excel mistake. I should know better, but it was Monday, so… Let me tell you about it. It’s as mistake as old as the hills, but it never goes away, and you are not...
View ArticleAlberto Cairo’s How Charts Lie: an Alt-Disappointed Book Review
To tell you the truth, I don’t like the word “lie”: it feels obvious and unsophisticated. I prefer something like “reframing truth”, “alternative facts” or an English word I recently discovered,...
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