A Dot Plot Remake
You may be aware that I have a “Redesigns” tab on PolicyViz, which consists of a collection of graphs to which I give a makeover. At some point in the next couple of months, I’m planning on taking that page down…
Continue readingYou may be aware that I have a “Redesigns” tab on PolicyViz, which consists of a collection of graphs to which I give a makeover. At some point in the next couple of months, I’m planning on taking that page down…
Continue readingI read this interesting article by Damon Darlin in the Upshot at the New York Times the other day. In it, he writes about how the size of new homes in the U.S. has risen over time, both by square footage…
Continue readingWe’ve all seen it: The bar (or column) chart with 20 or 30 or 40 different groups, each with two, three, of four categories. Is that a good chart type? Is it useful? I’ve recently started to think that these…
Continue readingNew year, new ideas. This year, I’m launching a “Remakes” [Update May 2021: These are now called “Redesigns“] page to PolicyViz, which will serve as an ongoing repository for data visualizations that I think are in need a makeover. I’ll regularly…
Continue readingIt’s beyond me how I ended up on the ArcGIS mailing list, but every so often I get one of their newsletters that contains the latest and greatest cartography tools and research. I usually scan the magazine pretty quickly, but…
Continue readingI saw this chart earlier this week in Chris Cillizza’s Washington Post article about changes in President Obama’s approval ratings. Here’s the figure and the accompanying text: As the chart shows, four of the major pillars of President Obama’s electoral…
Continue readingI’m generally a big fan of slope charts (as is, apparently, Andy Kirk at visualisingdata.org)—they are visually appealing; for many people, they are easier to understand than a scatterplot; and, they can really draw in the reader to explore the…
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