AdrianGraphics We Live By Part XI: Comparisons Between Data SeriesOver the past 10–20 years it became so easy to create data visualizations just by dropping some of the data available into a tool like…May 3May 3
Adrian📊Graphics We Live By - Part IX: Word Clouds in Power BIA word cloud (aka tag cloud) is a visual representation of textual data in the form of a cloud — a mass of words in which each word is…Apr 21Apr 21
Adrian📊Graphics We Live By - Part IV: Area ChartsAn area chart or area graph (see A) is a graphical representation of quantitative data based on a line chart for which the areas between…Apr 25Apr 25
Adrian📉Pie Charts in Graphical Representation: 10 Quotes“In general, the comparison of two circles of different size should be strictly avoided. Many excellent works on statistics approve the…Sep 11, 2024Sep 11, 2024
Adrian📉Infographic in Graphical Representation: 10 Quotes“Information graphics are an essential component of technical communication. Very few technical documents or presentations can be…Sep 14, 2024Sep 14, 2024
Adrian📉Aesthetics in Graphical Representation: 10 Quotes“Good design looks right. It is simple (clear and uncomplicated). Good design is also elegant, and does not look contrived. A map should be…Sep 12, 2024Sep 12, 2024
Adrian📉Numbers in Graphical Representation: 10 Quotes“If statistical graphics, although born just yesterday, extends its reach every day, it is because it replaces long tables of numbers and…Sep 12, 2024Sep 12, 2024
Adrian📉Patterns in Graphical Representation: 10 Quotes“Averages, ranges, and histograms all obscure the time-order for the data. If the time-order for the data shows some sort of definite…Sep 15, 2024Sep 15, 2024
Adrian📉Aggregation in Graphical Representation: 10 Quotes“Modern data graphics can do much more than simply substitute for small statistical tables. At their best, graphics are instruments for…Sep 20, 2024Sep 20, 2024
Adrian📉Scales in Graphical Representation: 10 Quotes“For a curve the vertical scale, whenever practicable, should be so selected that the zero line will appear on the diagram. […] If the zero…Sep 21, 2024Sep 21, 2024
Adrian📉Attention in Graphical Representation: 10 Quotes“The visible figures by which principles are illustrated should, so far as possible, have no accessories. They should be magnitudes pure…Sep 22, 2024Sep 22, 2024
Adrian📉Conclusions in Graphical Representation: 10 Quotes“Before anything can be reasoned upon to a conclusion, certain facts, principles, or data, to reason from, must be established, admitted…Sep 23, 2024Sep 23, 2024
Adrian📉Color in Graphical Representation: 10 Quotes“It is desirable in all chart work to have certain conventions by which colors would be understood to have certain definite meanings. Thus…Sep 7, 2024Sep 7, 2024
Adrian📊Graphics We Live By - Part X: Pie and Donut Charts in Power BI and ExcelSep 7, 2024Sep 7, 2024
