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Useless Data Comparisons
Apples and oranges situations where the comparisons make no sense.Read More
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Falling is Learning
I’ve been teaching my three-year-old son how to ride his bike on two wheels. When I first took off the training wheels, he quickly lost his balance and felt discouraged. He thought he would be able to...
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4 Tools to Pick Your Chart Colors
These are the quick and simple tools I use to pick colors to represent data.Read More
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Visualizing the Uncertainty in Data
Data is an abstraction, and it's impossible to encapsulate everything it represents in real life. So there is uncertainty. Here are ways to visualize the uncertainty.Read More
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Visualizing Incomplete and Missing Data
We love complete and nicely formatted data. That's not what we get a lot of the time.Read More
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Visualizing Outliers
Step 1: Figure out why the outlier exists in the first place. Step 2: Choose from these visualization options to show the outlier.Read More
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Visualizing Differences
Focus on finding or displaying contrasting points, and some visual methods are more helpful than others. A guide.Tags: comparison, contrast, difference
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Why People Make Bad Charts (and What to Do When it Happens)
It's important to consider the reasons so that we don't overreact. Otherwise, we're just berating, pointing, and laughing all of the time, and that's not good for anyone.Tags: experiment, learning,...
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Visualizing Patterns on Repeat
Things have a way of repeating themselves, and it can be useful to highlight these patterns in data.Tags: patterns, seasonal
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Ask the Question, Visualize the Answer
Let's work through a practical example to see how asking and answering questions helps guide you towards more focused data graphics.Read More
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Why Line Chart Baselines Can Start at Non-Zero
There is a recurring argument that line chart baselines, like bar chart baselines, must start at zero, because anything else would be misleading, dishonest, and an insult to all that is good in the...
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