Practical Charts (eBook edition)

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• This eBook includes both PDF and EPUB 3.0 (industry standard eBook) files, which can be downloaded immediately after purchase. Files are watermarked with your partial name and email address prior to downloading.
• Due to the importance of color in this eBook, it's recommended that you only purchase it if you will be reading it on a color (not grayscale or black and white) device.
• This book is also available as part of a discounted bundle with More Practical Charts.

It's surprisingly tricky to design simple, "everyday" charts for reports and presentations. Even experienced data pros and major news media outlets often create charts that leave audiences bored, unconvinced, confused, or—worst of all—that accidentally misrepresent the underlying data. Why does this happen? Well, design decisions like choosing a chart type, choosing colors, and deciding what range a scale should span require a surprising amount of expertise to get right.

Practical Charts provides easy-to-follow, concrete guidelines that quickly enable chart makers of any experience level to design expert-level charts that are clear and compelling. Readers will learn how to tackle over 90% of the chart design challenges that arise in real-world situations and how to avoid over 90% of the common mistakes that chart creators make.

Written in an entertaining, jargon-free style by globally recognized data visualization expert Nick Desbarats, Practical Charts condenses the courses that he's delivered for NASA, The United Nations, Blomberg, Visa, Yale University, and many others into an easy-to-read book that includes...

• When to use 30 essential chart types
• 17 chart design cheat sheets
• Over 180 key takeaways

Specifications:

PDF file size: Approx. 177 MB
EPUB file size: Approx. 50 MB
Word count: Approx. 63,000
ISBN: 978-1-7388883-1-3
Publisher: Practical Reporting Inc.