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Sorry for nitpicking, but using a pie chart for your first graph is grossly inappropriate. It's notoriously difficult to differentiate small differences using p
by yan 17y ago
Sorry for nitpicking, but using a pie chart for your first graph is grossly inappropriate. It's notoriously difficult to differentiate small differences using pie charts.
If you're comparing revenue per day, a line graph or even a bar graph can convey that information a lot better.
- joshu 17y agoOr even a table. Someone should write a book or summary or whatever on How To Show Data.
- yan 17y agoAhem. http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/books_vdqi http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/books_vdqi http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/books_ei http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/books_ei http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/books_visex http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/books_visex (edit: i realize you're probably being sarcastic, but i'll just leave these links here for the unenlightened)
- joshu 17y agoYes, but also I think that there's even more basic stuff. For example, make numbers line up on the decimal point. It'd be fun to put together a one-pager.