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The statistical breviary, sailling boat: the circle below represents the area of each country, the red line on the left shows the population in million whereas the yellow line on the right illustrates the revenue(tax), indicating the proprotion of the burden with heacy taxes (by slope).

The statistical breviary, sailling boat: the circle below represents the area of each country, the red line on the left shows the population in million whereas the yellow line on the right illustrates the revenue(tax), indicating the proprotion of the burden with heacy taxes (by slope).

Graphs and charts

starting a journey to become better at visualizing data

If the statistics are boring, then you've got the wrong numbers. Finding the right numbers requires as much specialized skill - statistical skill - and hard work as creating a beautiful design or covering a complex news story.

For many people the first word that comes to mind when they think about statistical charts is "lie". No doubt some graphics do distort the underlying data, making it hard for the viewer to learn the truth. But data graphics are no different from words in this regard, for any means of communication can be used to deceive.

This book so far can be summarized as, "charts show the data, not other shit"

Ah, you had me at "belligerently multivariate!"

"Like weeds, many varieties of chartjunk flourish". This man speaks to my soul.

pie charts should never be used

"as Paul Valéry wrote, setting is forgetting the name of the thing one sees"

much of twentieth-century thinking about statistical graphs had been preoccupied with the question of how some amateurish chart might fool a naive viewer

occasionally graphics are belligerently multivariate

Next chapter is bad graphs. So excited!

Currently finished graphical integrity. First chapter is about the history and value of using infographics. The second chapter is about integrity, how infographics can lie, a concept of Lie Factor is introduced to show how accurate, the infographic are

What E.B. White said of writing is also true of statistical graphics: "No one can write decently who is distrustful of the reader's intelligence, or whose attitude is patronizing."

What E.B. White said of writing is also true of statistical graphics: "No one can write decently who is distrustful of the reader's intelligence, or whose attitude is patronizing."

Ummm oops

The high ratio so far of polemic to actual information I can use is disappointing

Now I know why political data often has the "Graph of the Magical Parallelepitides". I know people can and do use graphs to distort data but...dear god.

This is a gorgeous book, but it's big blank margins are screaming at me to scribble down notes with my red pen. I have refrained so far.