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
You’ve heard that pie charts are garbage data visualizations… but what about donut charts? Go behind the scenes as we transform nested donut charts into more accurate and engaging data visualizations.
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 then redesign them–the best part of my job). Here’s a before and after of a group’s (public-facing) research report.
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 Expenses numbers gathering dust in hard-to-read pie charts. In this blog post, you’ll see how transforming your pie charts into a dashboard–built in good ol’ Microsoft Excel–can be more useful for your organization’s leaders.
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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? 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.
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