How do I start? -- Build skills. Controlling color -- Crafting for clarity -- Choosing chart types -- Practicing persuasion -- Capturing concepts -- Make good charts. Talk, sketch, prototype -- The monthly report -- The plastic problem presentation -- Appendix A: Glossary of chart types -- Appendix B: Chart type guide -- Appendix C: Keywords for chart types.
Summary:
"You know right away when you see an effective chart or graphic. It hits you with an immediate sense of its meaning and impact. But what actually makes it clearer, sharper, and more effective? If you're ready to create your own "good charts"--Data visualizations that powerfully communicate your ideas and research and that advance your career--the Good Charts Workbook is the hands-on guide you've been looking for. The original Good Charts changed the landscape by helping readers understand how to think visually and by laying out a process for creating powerful data visualizations. Now, the Good Charts Workbook provides tools, exercises, and practical insights to help people in all kinds of enterprises gain the skills they need to get started."--Provided by publisher
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