Data's Invisible Hand

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A quick follow-up from my last episode of last call that was the Google Analytics alternatives guide that Jason Packer wrote we now have if you haven't already gone out and gotten it. My main last call past guest Ben Stansell which I could tie to Phillip like if you go read some Philip's writing because it is hilarious how to read this chart is got. industry oh no I hear an analytics power our tiktok account comingOh dear no I can't even tweet more than once every two weeks okay not gonna say anything else because I don't want to get our listeners thinking in down any certain lines damn what about you once your last call so under to a quick follow-

As analysts, we conduct analysis on behalf of the business to (hopefully) provide them with clear and objective information to help with making decisions. We use visualizations of data and, when we're really hitting our stride, we even tell data stories. So, how does that compare to mainstream journalism and the stories they tell, especially when there is data that can be visualized in support of the story or the analysis? There could be no better guest than Philip Bump, long-time columnist for The Washington Post, author of the How to Read This Chart weekly newsletter, and author of a soon-to-be-published book about the baby boom generation! For complete show notes, including links to items mentioned in this episode and a transcript of the show, visit the show page.