How Charts Work: Understand and explain data with confidence: Understand and explain data with confidence...

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Alan Smith

How Charts Work

Understand and explain data with confidence: Understand and explain data with confidence

Alan Smith

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Pearson Education Limited
23 February 2023

Economics & Business; Finance & accounting; Business & management; Management & management techniques; Business communication & presentation

How Charts Work

brings the secrets of effective data visualisation in a way that will help you bring data alive. Charts, graphs and tables are essential devices in business, but all too often they present information poorly. This book will help you:

Feel confident understanding different types of charts, graphs and tables - and how to read them Recognise the true story behind the data presented and what the information really shows Know the principles and rules of how best to represent information so you can create your own information-driven (and beautiful) visuals Design visuals that people engage with, understand and act upon

By: Alan Smith
Imprint: Pearson Education Limited
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 500g
ISBN: 9781292342795
ISBN 10: 129234279X
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 23 February 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Why you need this book 2. Why charts matter PART 1 - KNOW YOUR CHARTS 3. The FT Visual Vocabulary 4. Charts of magnitude 5. Charts of change over time 6. Charts of correlation 7. Charts of distribution 8. Charts of flow 9. Charts of ranking 10. Charts of deviation 11. Charts of part to whole 12. Spatial is special PART 2 - PUTTING CHARTS TO WORK 13. Using the Visual Vocabulary in your own organisation 14. The science behind good charts 15. Scales of justice, axes of evil 16. The best charts are well written 17. Designing for charts 18. Visualising uncertainty - a case study

Alan Smith is Head of Visual and Data Journalism at Financial Times. A data visualization specialist, he writes the FT's popular Chart Doctor column. Alan is an experienced presenter, having lectured extensively on how to communicate with data. His TEDx talk, Why you should love statistics, was a TED.com featured talk in 2017. Previously, he worked at the UK's Office for National Statistics, where he founded its award-winning Data Visualisation Centre. Alan received a BA in geography from the University of Lancaster and holds an MSc in GIS from Salford University. He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in Queen Elizabeth II's 2011 Birthday Honours list.