Dataviz challenge #5 is complete. Here’s a list of the people that aced it along with step by step instructions on how to make a diverging stacked bar chart in Excel.
Colors can make or break a chart. Colors direct our eye movements, and therefore our brains and attention. It’s up to you: will you help or hinder your reader’s understanding? Here are some simple strategies for communicating clearly with chart color.
Recently I challenged readers to re-create the “after” version of a small multiples bar chart. Here are the step by step instructions for how to make a small multiples bar chart in Excel.
In the third dataviz challenge, we started talking about making several comparisons at once. Here’s challenge #4: can you make a small multiples bar chart?