Effective Data Visualization by Evergreen, Stephanie -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Preface Acknowledgments About the Author Chapter 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 References

Chapter 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?

Single Large Number Icon Array

Waffle Chart Pictogram

Donut or Pie Graph

Why Circles Can Be Challenging

Bar Graph

How Can I Show Measures of Variability? Translating Scientific Jargon for a Lay Audience Exercises Resources References

Chapter 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?

Side-by-Side Column Slopegraph Back-to-Back Bars

Solution 1: Two Separate Bar Graphs

Exporting the Graph out of Excel

Solution 2: Secret Buffer Data Dot Plot Dumbbell Dot Plot Small Multiples

Exercises Resources References

Chapter 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?

Benchmark Line Combo Chart

Can I Add a Second Line?

Overlapping Bars

An Overlapping Variation: Data Bars

Bullet Graph

The Easier Way: Vertical Bullets The Harder Way: Horizontal Bullets

Indicator Dots

Benchmarks Inside Sparklines

Exercises Resources References

Chapter 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?

Rating Stacked Bar Small Multiples Diverging Stacked Bar

What About Neutral?

Aggregated Stacked Bar

Changing the Wording of the Survey Ranking

Column Graph The Lollipop Variation Large Number With Icon Bump Chart

Branching

Annotated Graph Nested Area Graph

Visualizing Not Applicable or Missing Data

Note Small Consistent Missing Data Add Sample Size for Large Consistent Missing Data Add a Graph on the Side for Large Inconsistent Missing Data

Exercises Resources References

Chapter 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?

Don’t Visualize at All Pie Charts Done Right 100% Stacked Bar Histogram Treemap Map

Choropleth Map Editable Map in PowerPoint Tile and Hex Choropleth Map

Exercises Resources References

Chapter 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?

Scatterplot Connected Scatterplot Diagram Don’t Visualize It at All

Exercises Resources References

Chapter 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

Bolded Words Quote and Pic Callout Box

Pictures Are Worth $1,000 Pure Qualitative: Thematic Analysis

Change Photos Network Map Diagram Timeline Journey Map

Some Quantification: Highlight a Word

Word Clouds

Some Quantification: Thematic Analysis

Icons and Color Coding Spectrum Display Heat Map Harvey Balls Histomap Bubble Chart Gauge Diagram Venn Diagram

Exercises Resources References

Chapter 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?

Your Old Friend, the Line Graph Area Graph

Does the Y-Axis Have to Start at Zero?

Stacked Column

How Can I Show That Down Is Good?

Waterfall Chart Deviation Bar Vertical Dumbbell Dot Plot Slopegraph (as a Macro) Sankey

Exercises Resources References

Chapter 10. Reporting Out: Sharing Your Data With the World

Static Visuals

Screenshot Software Social Media Sizes Linked Files

Interactive Dashboards

Flat Versus Summary Table Pivot Tables View the Relevant Data Publish the Dashboard

Exercises Resources References

Chapter 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

Acknowledge Fears Communicate Importance Make It Easy Celebrate

Exercises Resources References

Index

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