Data looks better naked

#1

Post by chethiya » Mon, Dec 23, 2013, 1:07 PM UTC

Data looks better naked
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#2

Post by CSDude » Mon, Dec 23, 2013, 1:33 PM UTC

Agreed until it removed the numbers in y-axis. I want to see the scale, minimum, and maximum points in evenly spaced lines, whether logarithmic or linear space is used. This way, these details slightly disappear, or become harder to interpret.

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#3

Post by nobody_nowhere » Mon, Dec 23, 2013, 1:48 PM UTC

Edward Tufte to the rescue!

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#4

Post by thekaleb » Mon, Dec 23, 2013, 1:52 PM UTC

This is old and does not really demonstrate the importance like a study would.

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#5

Post by yummyfajitas » Mon, Dec 23, 2013, 1:52 PM UTC

CSDude wrote: post #2

Agreed until it removed the numbers in y-axis. I want to see the scale, minimum, and maximum points in evenly spaced lines, whether logarithmic or linear space is used. This way, these details slightly disappear, or become harder to interpret.

The horizontal lines and y-axis labels were particularly helpful for comparing non-adjacent bars.

Re: Data looks better naked

#6

Post by John_W_ » Mon, Dec 23, 2013, 2:03 PM UTC

somebody got good websites on best practice visualization?

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#7

Post by vpj » Mon, Dec 23, 2013, 2:03 PM UTC

They could have used horizontal bars instead of vertical. It takes up much less space and easier to place the labels. This GIF shows a similar animation, but with a 90 degree rotation and a little more information.

http://blog.bissantz.com/images/2008/01/tod_der_businessgraf...

I wonder why they add the table grid at the end. A grid could have been useful if there were a lot of columns, but certainly not in this case.

This is a similar idea I was working on http://vpj.svbtle.com/variable-length-underlining-to-help-se...

Re: Data looks better naked

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Post by vpj » Mon, Dec 23, 2013, 2:06 PM UTC

John_W_ wrote: post #6

somebody got good websites on best practice visualization?

http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/

http://www.perceptualedge.com/

I've read books by both these authors and they were very good. Their websites cover most of the important content found in the books.

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#9

Post by jasonkostempski » Mon, Dec 23, 2013, 2:10 PM UTC

Turn it sideways. Remove the bars.

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#10

Post by chethiya » Mon, Dec 23, 2013, 2:15 PM UTC

John_W_ wrote: post #6

somebody got good websites on best practice visualization?

http://www.nbr-graphs.com/ got some example. Her book was also a good and easy read on understanding more into the topic.