Category: Storytelling

What Kellogg Professor Got Wrong about Effectiveness and Honesty in Data Visualizations

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Steven Franconeri, a Kellogg School of Management professor, has written a good article "4 keys to Effective – and Honest – Data Visualizations". I thought that he made some solid points; however, I strongly disagree with his opinion about what makes a chart honest or dishonest. https://youtu.be/E6A0cry7PUw As you look at the global temperature trend … Continue reading What Kellogg Professor Got Wrong about Effectiveness and Honesty in Data Visualizations

How Good are Your Chart Choices?

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I found this interesting chart on Datawrapper.de and it made me think about how (and whether) my chart selections also changed over time. https://youtu.be/NV5QeQdnv1Y (Datawrapper is a pretty cool tool that allows users to upload their data and create pretty stunning visualizations) In this chart, Datawrapper has analyzed changes in distribution of chart styles selected … Continue reading How Good are Your Chart Choices?

Power BI: How to Implement Dropdown Navigation

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EDIT 2021-03-02: if you would like to learn how to create a Dynamic Dropdown Navigation - please follow this link: https://businessintelligist.com/2021/03/02/dynamic-dropdown-navigation-in-powerbi/ Dropdown navigation allows us to use the real estate of the report page more efficiently. Traditionally, we use buttons and bookmarks to implement navigation between different pages in our reports, however, as number of … Continue reading Power BI: How to Implement Dropdown Navigation