Archive for Friday, July 18th, 2008
California Majority Party by County
by Jon Peltier
Peltier Technical Services, Inc., Copyright © 2008. All rights reserved.
Nathan Yau of FlowingData asks Can You Improve this Mediocre Statistical Graphic?
So what’s wrong with this chart?
Posted: Friday, July 18th, 2008 under Chart Types, Charting Principles, Example Charts, Formatting.
Comments: 10
A Gauge that Works?
by Jon Peltier
Peltier Technical Services, Inc., Copyright © 2008. All rights reserved.
In A Gauge Chart That Works?, Clint describes his efforts to come up with a dial-type chart that isn’t as terrible as most. He comments that Stephen Few’s Bullet Graphs are unfamiliar to most people, which is true, ans they’ve only been around for three or four years. Bullet graphs and most gauge-type charts are [...]
Posted: Friday, July 18th, 2008 under Bad Charts, Chart Types, Charting Principles, Dashboards, Example Charts.
Comments: 11





