Most presentations of quantitative information are poorly designed—painfully so, often to the point of misinformation. This problem, however, is rarely noticed and even more rarely addressed. We use tables and graphs to communicate quantitative information: the critical numbers that measure the health, identify the opportunities, and forecast the future of our organizations. Even the best information is useless, however, if its story is poorly told. This problem exists because almost no one has ever been trained to design tables and graphs for effective and efficient communication. Show Me the Numbers: Designing Tables and Graphs to Enlighten is the most accessible, practical, and comprehensive guide to table and graph design available.
The second edition of Show Me the Numbers improves on the first by polishing the content throughout (including updated figures) and adding 91 more pages of content, including: 1) A new preface; 2) A new chapter entitled "Silly Graphs That Are Best Forsaken," which alerts readers to some of the current misuses of graphs such as donut charts, circle charts, unit charts, and funnel charts; 3) A new chapter about quantitative narrative entitled "Telling Compelling Stories with Numbers"; and 4) New appendices entitled "Constructing Table Lens Displays in Excel," "Constructing Box Plots in Excel," and "Useful Color Palettes."
0 有用 猫团团 2013-10-06 04:26:52
适合数据图像化的初学者。图释很有帮助。附录A和B相当有用。
0 有用 Purple·楚 2014-01-06 23:47:42
STAT601 reading material @2013 Fall
0 有用 王三十九 2019-05-05 21:20:11
一本非常全面细致讲解如何设计好的图表来辅助 Storytelling 的书。书中的规则很实用,关于人的视觉认知的基础知识可以应用到诸如 UI 设计的其他视觉传达领域。
0 有用 Blueberry 2021-04-23 23:55:56
配图示范加练习 好多图表的细节都没有留意过
0 有用 Ry7an 2022-05-02 12:07:28
第十二章的silly graphs 都是用来炫技的