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When Graphs Have Multiple Takeaway Messages
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. Sometimes our graphs have a single, overarching takeaway message. Maybe the numbers simply went up over time. Or down. Other times, it’s more complicated. Here’s how to explain multiple takeaway messages in presentations: with multiple slides, one per takeaway message. Before: Everything Smushed […]
Encrypting and Anonymizing Personally Identifiable Information (PII) in Raw Data
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. This article is rated as: Introduction As evaluators, we are presented with a swath of data from varying sources, which often contains personally identifiable information (PII). PII includes any data which can be used to identify an individual. These data may […]
In defence of long reports.
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. This article is rated as: 116, 78, 54, 47 – These are not my golf scores, or my typing speed, or even the number of CDs I owned in the 90s. These are my report lengths, in pages. My name […]
Data Visualization Applications: Lollipop Charts – An Alternative to Bar Charts
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. This article is rated as: This is an accompanying piece to our Data Visualization Applications: Bar Charts tutorial. While the standard bar chart is one of the simplest and most effective data visualizations, we sometimes want alternatives to freshen up our […]
Power Query for Data Preparation in Excel: An Introduction and Walk-Through for Beginners
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. This article is rated as: Introduction If you’ve ever needed to analyze primary quantitative data yourself, you may know that a lot of the process is not spent on the analysis itself, but on preparing your data for analysis. Data preparation is […]
How to Visualize Confidence Intervals in Presentation Slides
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. Do you need to share statistics in presentations? Maybe you’re getting ready for a talk at a conference. Or, maybe you’re sharing updates with coworkers in a staff meeting. In this blog post, you’ll learn how to explain dense graphs one slide at […]
Cartoon Infographic: Inside Big Bird
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. Comics can really make great infographics. Today’s inspiration was found in the book, Imagination Illustrated: The Jim Henson Journal. About the Infographic This is a comic drawn by Caroll Spinney, the performer of Big Bird, as a holiday greeting to his friends. It’s […]
Conflict in Israel & Gaza by the numbers
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. What happened in Israel on October 7, 2023 was an inexcusable terror attack, as is the current hostage situation. What is currently happening in Gaza is a humanitarian crisis, or rather, a continuation/escalation of a humanitarian crisis. Both things can be true. The […]
How to Visualize Small n’s with Icon Arrays
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. I was recently working with an online course student to visualize data for her country’s government officials. These aren’t her real categories or real numbers, but you get the idea. Before: Reading Numbers Her “before” version looked something like this: She had small […]