Data Visualizations in Excel: A Guide for Beginners, Intermediates and Wonks

The practical guide for anyone who lives in spreadsheets and wants to make better charts without learning new software.

  • Learn how to define your audience and goals, and choose the chart, graph, or diagram that best fits for your data
  • Learn about principles of visual perception and data visualization best practices.
  • Expand your graphic literacy by learning about more than 80 different visualization types

Better Data Visualizations: A Guide for Scholars, Researchers, and Wonks

My most comprehensive guide to data visualization — now used in classrooms and research institutions around the world.

  • Learn how to define your audience and goals, and choose the chart, graph, or diagram that best fits for your data.
  • Learn about principles of visual perception and data visualization best practices.
  • Expand your graphic literacy by learning about more than 80 different visualization types

Elevate the Debate: A Multilayered Guide to Communicating Your Research

A multilayered playbook for researchers who want their work to reach beyond academic journals and into the real world.

  • An array of practical strategies and proven techniques enables readers to make their research accessible to diverse audiences, form engaging narratives, and design and implement meaningful outreach plans.
  • This book helps researchers, analysts, and scholars to use traditional and digital media environments to their advantage.
  • Real-world guide helps readers present their data-driven research with greater clarity, coherence, and impact.

Better Presentations: A Guide for Scholars, Researchers, and Wonks

The essential guide for anyone who presents data — whether in a boardroom, a classroom, or a conference hall.

  • Follow three core principles―visualize, unify, and focus―to create better, more effective presentations.
  • Takes you through the entire process of building, designing, and giving a presentation.
  • Details essential strategies for developing clear, sophisticated, and visually captivating presentations.