Creating More Effective Graphs

by Naomi B. Robbins

A succinct and highly readable guide to creating effective graphs The right graph can be a powerful tool for communicating information, improving a presentation, or conveying your point in print. If your professional endeavors call for you to present data graphically, here's a book that can help you do it more effectively. Creating More Effective Graphs gives you the basic knowledge and techniques required to choose and create appropriate graphs for a broad range of applications. Using real-world examples everyone can relate to, the author draws on her years of experience in graphical data analysis and presentation to highlight some of today's most effective methods.

In clear, concise language, the author answers such common questions

What constitutes an effective graph for communicating data? How do I choose the type of graph that is best for my data? How do I recognize a misleading graph? Why do some graphs have logarithmic scales? In no time you'll graduate from bar graphs and pie charts to graphs that illuminate data

Dot plots Box plots Scatterplots Linked micromaps Trellis displays Mosaic plots Month plots Scatterplot matrices . . . most of them requiring only inexpensive, easily downloadable software.

Whether you're a novice at graphing or already use graphs in your work but want to improve them, Creating More Effective Graphs will help you develop the kind of clear, accurate, and well-designed graphs that will allow your data to be understood.

Genres: Design, Science, Nonfiction

424 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 1, 2004

Reviews

[Luis Miguel]

After 20 years of making graphs in y work i learnt about a lot of graphs i never heard before.

Labeled Scatterplot
Trellis Display
Scatterplot Matrix
Mosaic plot
Linked micromaps
Choropleth maps
Parallel coordinate Plot
Nightingale plot
Waffle Charts
Month Plots
Time serie Graph
Box Plot
Strip Plot
Dot Plot
Bubble plot
HLOC plot

[Alice · Rating 3 out of 5]

One of the two most important books for every business person creating a dashboard. All the basics about how people read and interpret graphs, and ways to improve your presentations.

[Ryan · Rating 4 out of 5]

surprisingly interesting and effective, despite the barebones look.

[Dennis · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[steph (librarianish) · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's almost like a how-to companion to Tufte. I love his work, but I need a bit more hand-holding through the basics, and this fills that need and more.