For this week, I created a quick makeover using Datawrapper. My aim was to allow easy comparison between the 10 waste sources. I chose to use the trusted old bar chart.
Let's learn how to create a bar chart in D3.js. To access the entire code for this tutorial, follow this link. First a few basic concepts. SVG: SVG stands for Scalable Vector Graphics and is commonly used to display a variety of graphics on the web. SVG is nothing more than simple text files that…
This series is a collection of small changes in data visualization that make a big difference to the end result. When using bar charts, the axis needs to start at zero. Why? Its simpler to understand this if we start with an example. This chart below was used by Twitter in its IPO filing. What do you…
Preattentive processing occurs without our consciousness at an extremely high speed. It is tuned to detect a specific set of visual attributes called Preattentive Attributes. If you want to understand more about how we process a visual, please refer to this post on Visual Perception. Preattentive attributes determine what information catches our attention. This is important in…
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.
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…
There was a time when I believed stacked bar charts were all bad. Stacked bar charts can be difficult to read. Beyond the first bar, we struggle to quantify the height of the bars as they do not have a common base. Is there a way to overcome this limitation? Let's explore! We will work through…