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Students Receiving Free and Reduced Meals: From Nested Donuts to an Icon Array

Dec 12th, 2018 / Data Visualization, Presentations

Are you trying to tell a story with your data? Data visualization doesn’t have to be complicated. In fact, some … more »

How to Visualize Demographic Data: From Boring Bullet Points into Great Graphs

Sep 11th, 2018 / Data Visualization, Presentations

There’s nothing more boring than a slide full of bullet points. Here’s the “before” version from a slideshow. A lot … more »

Pie Chart Makeover: Transforming a Research Report

Apr 25th, 2017 / Data Visualization, Reports

As I travel around giving data visualization workshops, I get to peek inside hundreds of attendees’ publications, slideshows, and spreadsheets (and … more »

When Pie Charts Are Okay (Seriously): Guidelines for Using Pie and Donut Charts

Dec 2nd, 2015 / Data Visualization

Should you avoid pie charts? Pie charts and donut charts are okay in some circumstances–when they meet all seven of my pie chart rules. Here are pie chart guidelines to follow, plus a bunch of pie chart alternatives so you know what to use instead.