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This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. In April 2025, I spent two half-days teaching a fuller Data Bootcamp for the Asian American Health Initiative in Maryland. We went through the entire data analysis process together: data management, cleaning, tabulation, and visualization. And, we practiced in both Excel and Power […]

This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. I spent a couple hours livestreaming, and created this masterpiece: a slice-able Gantt chart that automatically updates and populates itself when you add more rows to your dataset (i.e., no tedious manual updates). How to Make Slice-able Gantt Charts in Excel You can […]

This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. I recently saw a graph that looked like this—accidentally combining 3 different units on the same chart: In this 8-minute lesson, you’ll learn: (1) how small multiples layouts can help, and (2) how to make small multiples charts in Excel. What’s Inside 0:00 […]

This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. How are you visualizing percent changes? I recently saw a boring, black and white table as I was scrolling through LinkedIn. The topic caught my attention—it was about Hispanic adults living with HIV—but the poorly-formatted table wasn’t making the patterns easy to understand. I […]

This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to fix Excel charts that have too much empty space: ​What’s Inside 0:00 Intro 0:28 Lindsey’s question 0:54 Outside chart borders 1:19 Inside chart borders 1:56 Unsolicited dataviz editing 15:30 Before and after Resources Mentioned Video about […]

This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. Want to watch me work? Here’s a collection of livestreams:

This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. Which one’s your favorite? What’s Inside 0:00 Welcome 0:30 1. The before version 1:25 2. Table 1:36 3. Heat table 1:42 4. Donuts 2:05 5. Donuts with top icons 2:43 6. Donuts with side icons 2:58 7. Icon array  3:05 8. Icon array […]

This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. Sure, Excel can handle bar charts and line charts. But it can also make population pyramids, dot plots, and maps! In this video, you’ll see more than a dozen different charts that are possible inside Microsoft Excel. What’s Inside 0:00 Intro 0:17 Dataviz […]

This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. I recently saw two (!) of these tables within the same week: In this tutorial, you’ll see a few ideas for transforming tables with check marks. These tiny tweaks can be accomplished in everyday software like Excel. What’s Inside 0:00 Intro 0:18 The […]

This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. I ignored my inbox and turned a boring table into a 2-pager. What’s Inside 0:00 The 2-pager about NIH grant terminations 2:20 Lookup table with Stateface icons 2:38 Original table from the policy brief 2:47 The dataset 2:58 Idea 1: A better table […]