What a Difference an Axis Makes
Redesign Your Data I’ve been thinking a lot about Labor Force Participation Rates in preparation for a couple of workforce class sessions I’m preparing, and as we nerds do, I got to playing with the data. As I was looking at...
Right Chart, Wrong Audience?
Redesign Your Data If you are working with data visualizations for economic development, remember that the perfect design isn’t perfect if you use it with the wrong audience. Take unemployment – a downward trending graph,...
A Few of My Least Favorite Things – #3
Redesign Your Data I have a real love-hate relationship with these bubble charts, at least as they are commonly seen and used in economic development. OK, really, mostly a hate relationship. That’s not because they are a bad way...
A Few of my (Least) Favorite Things – #2
Redesign Your Data We are living in a world where 3-D has become so boring it’s time to move on to the meta-verse, but our human brains still process statistics best in good old-fashioned 2-D. Excel offers 3-D options for many of their...