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Just want to point out this is a terrific display of data. Easy to read, grasp and scan through. Much better than some so-called data visualizations that confus
by octref 10y ago
Just want to point out this is a terrific display of data. Easy to read, grasp and scan through. Much better than some so-called data visualizations that confuse rather than present and clarify.
- SonicSoul 10y agogood point. i brushed over this fact since the charts were not especially pretty, but your comment helped me focus on how they're inline with content you don't need to jump between graph and description. it reminds me of how sparklines[0] can be used to visualize data in line. [0] https://www.edwardtufte.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=0001OR https://www.edwardtufte.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=...
- mikepurvis 10y agoI like the multi-colour bars in particular— very information dense. The fact that it's all HTML and not an embedded image is so much the better.
- tomtheelder 10y agoAgreed, except for the survey answers. The data presented there is essentially impenetrable, and I am extremely suspicious of the methodology.
- rsc 10y agoTo be clear, the discussion of survey free-text answers is based on us (mainly Steve) reading all the text. The goal in the free-text presentations was to show raw data in a useful way for others to look for details. As I noted in a comment elsewhere on this page, if you have suggestions for how to summarize free-response text in a way that lets the data speak rather than lend itself to cherry-picking, please let us know. I'm certainly open to improved analysis next time.