Bar charts are the most commonly used charts. But did you know that there are different types of bar charts and these can all be created using Excel? What if you could bring more life to your presentation by highlighting aspects that no one saw before? Watch this tutorial to learn how to do this with bar charts.
The problem with using so many colors in a chart is it introduces a sense of complexity. People perceive more aesthetic designs as easier to use. They tend to be more engaged with a chart if it appears pretty.
Bar charts are one of the most commonly used chart types. They are easy to understand and are great for comparisons. But every so often we come across bar charts that are colorful, poorly designed and misleading. In this post, I want to give you 5 easy tips to create functional and beautiful bar charts. I…
A clustered bar chart is one of the most commonly used representations to compare change through time. A clustered bar chart, though a good option to compare values, does not represent the change through time effectively. Here is some data on which technology products consumers intend to buy in 2016 and how it compares against…
The short answer is NO. With all the magical tools available at our disposal, it is very easy to create awesomely complex looking charts and graphs that add no value. 3D charts are one of them. Edward Tufte called this conventional graphical paraphernalia that does not tell the viewer anything new. Furthermore, they come in…
Bullet Charts were developed by Stephen Few to replace the meters and gauges that are often used in business dashboards. Here is one such dashboard from Oracle BI Discoverer tool. The idea of gauges and meters is borrowed from an automobile dashboard where they are used to display data in a small amount of space….
Why Data Types and Measurement Scales? Data types are important in data visualization as they determine the visualization method or chart type. In other words, we need to know what type of variable we are dealing with in order to choose the most suitable chart type. Having a good understanding of different types of data…
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