Stephanie D.H. Evergreen's Blog, page 6
January 4, 2023
People are Meaning Makers
Every. single. part. of a visual will be interpreted and assigned meaning. Whether you like it or not. Which means we'd better get thoughtful about design.
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December 14, 2022
Myth: The Data Speaks for Itself
The myth: Your job is to design a great study, analyze the data, and then share it. Preferably in a journal article. That others will have to pay to access.
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November 16, 2022
Exploration vs Explanation
Explanation is where you tell the story in the data you saw during exploration to other people who are not explorers.
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November 2, 2022
Fonts for Graphs
When it comes to your graphs, you need condensed fonts.
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October 19, 2022
Must Know Qualitative Charts
Wanna learn about my favorites? Adding these visuals to your knowledge bank will give you new ways to tell stories and get people engaged with your data.
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October 5, 2022
Quant and Qual
Tell me if this sounds familiar. Back when I was at the university, doing research full time, we’d produce reports where the front contained all our quantitative results and the back held our qualitative findings. We coulda been talking about the same themes in both sections but it was up to the reader to connect […]
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September 21, 2022
So Your Viz Flopped…
When I was in middle school, a cool girl invited me to her birthday party at the country club. I wanted to impress, so bad. This was not my place. These were not my people. But I was gonna try. So, after luscious cupcakes, I climbed the ladder at the country club pool all the […]
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September 7, 2022
The 3 Second Rule
The 3 Second Rule is a major orienting principle that guides the way we make graphs at Evergreen Data. Because our goal around here is to make graphs that are so freakin good, people quickly grasp what we’re laying down and they want more. You probably have that goal too. This is not about when […]
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July 28, 2022
Crash Course in Chart Choosing
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Crash Course Thank You
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