Stop Making People Read Across Multiple Pie Charts (& Here’s What to Do Instead)
Mar 14th, 2019 / Data Visualization
It’s 3.14—Happy Pi(e Chart) Day! If you’ve read this blog before, or heard me speak, then you know that designing … more »
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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 »
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 »
More »Monitor Your Organization’s Revenue and Expenses with a Dashboard in Microsoft Excel
Apr 11th, 2017 / Dashboards, Data Visualization
Does your organization need to track how much money you’re making and spending? I see way too many Revenue and … more »
More »Pie Chart Makeover: Quarterly Breakouts by Gender
Mar 30th, 2017 / Data Visualization
A few weeks ago I was in Indianapolis with the juvenile detention alternatives initiative. This group wanted to graph: how … more »
More »When Pie Charts Are Okay (Seriously): Guidelines for Using Pie and Donut Charts
Dec 2nd, 2015 / Data Visualization
Should you avoid pie charts? Within the past year, I’ve led 60+ in-person workshops and virtual webinars for 3,000+ participants. … more »
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