I am still on my excellence-in-graphical-data-presentation kick. Insufferably so, I am afraid. As my Feb. 16 post mentioned, the principles of high quality graphical data presentation have been articulated by William Cleveland, Edward Tufte, Howard Wainer and others. Good graphing practice is based on these three rules:
Be clear. (Strive for clarity. – William Cleveland)
Be fair and accurate. (Tell the truth about the data. – Edward Tufte)
Be thorough. (‘You can see a lot just by looking.’ – Howard Wainer quoting Yogi Berra)
When I got a copy of the new study conducted by the University of Washington, Opportunity for All: How the Public Benefits from Internet Access at U.S. Libraries,1 I went straight to the pictures, of course! I went straight to the pictures, of course! [Read more]
