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“A picture is worth a thousand words”
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from The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, Edward Tufte, 1983
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from The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, Edward Tufte, 1983
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from The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, Edward Tufte, 1983
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from The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, Edward Tufte, 1983
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from Exploring Microsoft Excel 97, Grauer & Barber, 1998
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from Exploring Microsoft Excel 97, Grauer & Barber, 1998
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Lying graphics cheapen the graphical art everywhere … When a chart on television lies, it lies millions of times over; when a New York Times chart lies, it lies 900,000 times over to a great many important and influential readers.
- Edward Tufte
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Using Graphics Properly
• Let the graphic values/change accurately depict the data values/change.
• Clearly label all relevant details.
• Don’t graphically mix dissimilar elements.
• Use the right type of graph.
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Chart Types
• Pie charts
• Column/bar charts
• Data tables
• Maps