What Graph Should I Use?

It sounds like a simple question, yet it’s one with which many people grapple: how do I best visualize my data? In this episode, Cole reviews the most common types of data visualizations used in a business setting and discusses use cases and considerations with each. Tune in also to hear Cole address listener questions on graphing survey results, Tableau vs. PowerBI and how to influence a client who wants default graphs rather than a data-driven story.

LINKS:

SWD blog post: grables and taphs

#SWDchallenge recap: plots with dots

#SWDchallenge recap: 88 annotated line graphs

Curved Discussion post: lines vs. bars

Flourish graph: GOT bar chart race

Data Revelations post: rethinking the divergent stacked bar

BBC Video: Hans Rosling bubblegraph

Tweet: bubblegraph GIF

Map: 100 years of platypus sightings

Map: pasture and crop

Resource: xeno.graphics

#SWDchallenge recap: square area graphs

Twitter thread: Tableau vs. PowerBI

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Register: upcoming European 1-day workshops

May #SWDchallenge recap: artisanal data

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