Tag Archives: visualizations

The Best Graph

Posted on May 24, 2023 by way0utwest

Conveying information is a bit of an art and science. Many of us have written reports, graphs, charts, etc. at some point in our career. We’ve likely created some good ones and some bad ones that our clients love or … Continue reading →

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Stacked Bar Charts vs. Line Graphs–Which is Better?

Posted on May 22, 2023 by way0utwest

I ran across an interesting post from Rita Fainshtein that looked at the different types of graphs for a set of data. I thought that was interesting, so I ran my own experiment. I found for my data, a line … Continue reading →

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Better Communication of Information

Posted on June 20, 2022 by way0utwest

Many of us work with data in some way that helps a customer better understand data, use it to make a decision, or support a some conclusion. The way we present data (or help others present data) can impact how … Continue reading →

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When to Use Zero

Posted on April 13, 2022 by way0utwest

I’m not great at building charts and graphs. I can build a basic chart, but I often depend on the tooling I use to size, scale, etc. appropriately for whatever I’m graphing. That, or I just use a basic graph … Continue reading →

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