How Charts Work: Understand And Explain Data With Confidence

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How Charts Work brings the secrets of effective data visualisation in a way that will help you bring data alive. Charts, graphs and tables are essential devices in business, but all too often they present information poorly. This book will help you: • Feel confident understanding different types of charts, graphs and tables – and how to read them • Recognise the true story behind the data presented and what the information really shows • Know the principles and rules of how best to represent information so you can create your own • information-driven (and beautiful) visuals • Design visuals that people engage with, understand and act upon • Don’t value design over information – present data persuasively. Find the FT Chart Doctor’s columns here - https://www.ft.com/chart-doctor Front Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Contents About the author Author's acknowledgements Foreword 1. Why you need this book 2. Why charts matter Part 1 Know your charts 3. The Financial Times visual vocabulary 4. Charts of magnitude 5. Charts of change over time 6. Charts of correlation 7. Charts of distribution 8. Charts of flow 9. Charts of ranking 10. Charts of deviation 11. Charts of part to whole 12. Spatial is special Part 2 Putting charts to work 13. The science behind good charts 14. Scales of justice; axes of evil 15. The best charts are well written 16. Designing for charts 17. Visualising uncertainty - a case study 18. Using the FT Visual Vocabulary in your own organisation Index Publisher's Acknowledgement Back Cover