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Plotting Measured Data
by Jon Peltier
Peltier Technical Services, Inc., Copyright © 2008. All rights reserved.
I have a few rules for charting measured data:
Measured data should be plotted on an XY chart.
A line chart is appropriate if the X values are dates and a date-scale X axis is used.
Measured data should be plotted with markers.
Measured data may have lines connecting points if it makes sense.
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Posted: Friday, July 11th, 2008 under Charting Principles.
Comments: 1
Seth’s Three Laws of Great Graphs
by Jon Peltier
Peltier Technical Services, Inc., Copyright © 2008. All rights reserved.
Seth Godin gave his suggestions for using charts in presentations in The three laws of great graphs. He said that
There are 314 principles for good graphs and charts [in presentations]. But these three laws will take you far.
1. One Story
2. No Bar Charts
3. Motion
These are good laws, though I would like to modify [...]
Posted: Friday, July 11th, 2008 under Chart Types, Charting Principles, Presentations.
Comments: 4
