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PublisherSAGE Publications, Incorporated

ISBN-101544350880

ISBN-139781544350882

eBay Product ID (ePID)20038382292

Product Key Features

Number of Pages352 Pages

Publication NameEffective Data Visualization : the Right Chart for the Right Data

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2019

SubjectGeneral, Graphic Arts / Typography, Data Visualization, Desktop Applications / Presentation Software

TypeNot Available

AuthorStephanie Evergreen

Subject AreaDesign, Art, Computers, Reference

FormatBook, Other

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight25.2 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width7.4 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number2

LCCN2018-058818

Dewey Edition23

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal302.23

Table Of ContentPREFACEACKNOWLEDGMENTSABOUT THE AUTHORChapter 1. Our Backbone: Why We Visualize Why We Visualize When Visualization Is Harmful Which Chart Type Is Best? Tell a Story With Data How to Use This Book Exercises Resources ReferencesChapter 2. When a Single Number Is Important: Showing Mean, Frequency, and Measures of Variability What Stories Can Be Told With a Single Number? How Can I Visualize a Single Number? How Can I Show Measures of Variability? Exercises Resources ReferencesChapter 3. How Two or More Numbers Are Alike or Different: Visualizing Comparisons What Stories Can Be Told About How Two or More Numbers Are Alike or Different? How Can I Visualize How Two or More Numbers Are Alike or Different? Exercises Resources ReferencesChapter 4. How We Are Better or Worse Than a Benchmark: Displaying Relative Performance What Stories Can Be Told About How We Are Better or Worse Than a Benchmark? How Can I Visualize How We Are Better or Worse Than a Benchmark? Exercises Resources ReferencesChapter 5. What the Survey Says: Showing Likert, Ranking, Check-All-That-Apply, and More What Stories Can Be Told About What the Survey Says? How Can I Visualize What the Survey Says? Ranking Branching Visualizing Not Applicable or Missing Data Exercises Resources ReferencesChapter 6. When There Are Parts of a Whole: Visualizing Beyond the Pie Chart What Stories Can Be Told When There Are Parts of a Whole? How Can I Visualize the Parts of a Whole? Exercises Resources ReferencesChapter 7. How This Thing Changes When That Thing Does: Communicating Correlation and Regression What Stories Can Be Told About How This Thing Changes When That Thing Does? How Can I Visualize How This Thing Changes When That Thing Does? Exercises Resources ReferencesChapter 8. When the Words Have the Meaning: Visualizing Qualitative Data What Stories Can Be Told When the Words Have the Meaning? How Can I Visualize When the Words Have the Meaning? Pure Qualitative: Highlight a Word Pure Qualitative: Thematic Analysis Some Quantification: Highlight a Word Some Quantification: Thematic Analysis Exercises Resources ReferencesChapter 9. How Things Changed Over Time: Depicting Trends What Stories Can Be Told About How Things Changed Over Time? How Can I Visualize How Things Changed Over Time? Exercises Resources ReferencesChapter 10. Reporting Out: Sharing Your Data With the World Static Visuals Interactive Dashboards Exercises Resources ReferencesChapter 11. It's About More Than the Buttons Dot Plots Generate Healthcare Pioneers Clearly Labeled Line Graphs Streamline Decisions at a Fortune 500 Diverging Stacked Bars Make for Community Leaders in the Midwest Icons Support Informed Policymaking Building a Culture of Effective Data Visualization Exercises Resources ReferencesINDEX

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

SynopsisThe updated Second Edition of the comprehensive how-to guide functions as a set of blueprints, supported by research and the author's extensive experience with clients in industries all over the world, for conveying data in an impactful way., Effective Data Visualization shows readers how to create Excel charts and graphs that best communicate data findings. Delivered in the author's humorous and approachable style, the book covers: the spectrum of graph types available beyond the default options, how to determine which one most appropriately fits specific data stories, and easy steps for making the chosen graph in Excel., NOW IN FULL COLOR! Written by sought-after speaker, designer, and researcher Stephanie D. H. Evergreen, Effective Data Visualization shows readers how to create Excel charts and graphs that best communicate their data findings. This comprehensive how-to guide functions as a set of blueprints--supported by both research and the author's extensive experience with clients in industries all over the world--for conveying data in an impactful way. Delivered in Evergreen's humorous and approachable style, the book covers the spectrum of graph types available beyond the default options, how to determine which one most appropriately fits specific data stories, and easy steps for building the chosen graph in Excel. Now in full color with new examples throughout, the Second Edition includes a revamped chapter on qualitative data, nine new quantitative graph types, new shortcuts in Excel, and an entirely new chapter on Sharing Your Data With the World, which provides advice on using dashboards. New from Stephanie Evergreen! The Data Visualization Sketchbook provides advice on getting started with sketching and offers tips, guidance, and completed sample sketches for a number of reporting formats. Bundle Effective Data Visualization, 2e, and The Data Visualization Sketchbook, using ISBN 978-1-5443-7178-8!, NOW IN FULL COLOR! Written by sought-after speaker, designer, and researcher Stephanie D. H. Evergreen, Effective Data Visualization shows readers how to create Excel charts and graphs that best communicate their data findings. This comprehensive how-to guide functions as a set of blueprints--supported by both research and the author's extensive experience with clients in industries all over the world--for conveying data in an impactful way. Delivered in Evergreen's humorous and approachable style, the book covers the spectrum of graph types available beyond the default options, how to determine which one most appropriately fits specific data stories, and easy steps for building the chosen graph in Excel. Now in full color with new examples throughout, the Second Edition includes a revamped chapter on qualitative data, nine new quantitative graph types, new shortcuts in Excel, and an entirely new chapter on Sharing Your Data With the World , which provides advice on using dashboards. New from Stephanie Evergreen! The Data Visualization Sketchbook provides advice on getting started with sketching and offers tips, guidance, and completed sample sketches for a number of reporting formats. Bundle Effective Data Visualization, 2e , and The Data Visualization Sketchbook, using ISBN 978-1-5443-7178-8!

LC Classification NumberP93.5.E937 2019