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How Charts Work brings the secrets of effective data visualisation in a way that will help you bring data alive.

Charts, graphs and tables are essential devices in business, but all too often they present information poorly. This book will help you:

• Feel confident understanding different types of charts, graphs and tables and how to read them

• Recognise the true story behind the data presented and what the information really shows

• Know the principles and rules of how best to represent information so you can create your own information-driven (and beautiful) visuals

• Design visuals that people engage with, understand and act upon

Don't value design over information present data persuasively.

Find the FT Chart Doctor's columns here - [...]

How Charts Work brings the secrets of effective data visualisation in a way that will help you bring data alive.

Charts, graphs and tables are essential devices in business, but all too often they present information poorly. This book will help you:

• Feel confident understanding different types of charts, graphs and tables and how to read them

• Recognise the true story behind the data presented and what the information really shows

• Know the principles and rules of how best to represent information so you can create your own information-driven (and beautiful) visuals

• Design visuals that people engage with, understand and act upon

Don't value design over information present data persuasively.

Find the FT Chart Doctor's columns here - [...]

Über den Autor

Alan Smith is Head of Visual and Data Journalism at Financial Times. A data visualization specialist, he writes the FT’s popular “Chart Doctor” column. Alan is an experienced presenter, having lectured extensively on how to communicate with data. His TEDx talk, “Why you should love statistics,” was a [...] featured talk in 2017. Previously, he worked at the UK’s Office for National Statistics, where he founded its award-winning Data Visualisation Centre. Alan received a BA in geography from the University of Lancaster and holds an MSc in GIS from Salford University. He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in Queen Elizabeth II’s 2011 Birthday Honours list.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword

Acknowledgements

1. Why you need this book

2. Why charts matter

PART 1 - KNOW YOUR CHARTS

3. The FT Visual Vocabulary

4. Charts of magnitude

5. Charts of change over time

6. Charts of correlation

7. Charts of distribution

8. Charts of flow

9. Charts of ranking

10. Charts of deviation

11. Charts of part to whole

12. Spatial is special

PART 2 - PUTTING CHARTS TO WORK

13. Using the Visual Vocabulary in your own organisation

14. The science behind good charts

15. Scales of justice, axes of evil

16. The best charts are well written

17. Designing for charts

18. Visualising uncertainty - a case study

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2022
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Importe , Wirtschaft
Rubrik:	Recht & Wirtschaft
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781292342795
ISBN-10:	129234279X
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Smith, Alan
Hersteller:	Pearson Education Limited
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	229 x 155 x 25 mm
Von/Mit:	Alan Smith
Erscheinungsdatum:	15.10.2022
Gewicht:	0,514 kg