Introduction : ugly, bad, and wrong figures -- Part 1. From data to visualization. Visualizing data : mapping data onto aesthetics -- Coordinate systems and axes -- Color scales -- Directory of ...

Organizations pull data from their ERP, CRM, and financial systems to use for reporting. The data users understand the data, and ideas begin rolling, but this often leads them to ask for more and more ...

Colors are an effective medium for communicating meaning. Some have certain implicit psychological associations. Red, for example, is often associated with power, love, and anger. Blue might convey ...

In 2012, Hurricane Sandy rocked the East Coast in a way the region was largely unprepared for. While the Gulf states have had plans in place for withstanding hurricanes, the northeast dedicated ...

Time may seem scarcer than ever, but fortunately technological advancements have presented auditors with many tools to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of audits. One such tool is data ...

Now more than ever, visuals are used to relay facts and figures in business, politics and socioeconomics. Data visualizations, such as graphs, charts and tables, are commonplace in presentations. When ...

USAspending.gov, the one-stop shop for government spending data created by the 2014 Digital Accountability and Transparency Act (DATA Act), is a veritable treasure trove of information on how the ...

When linguist Lauren Gawne roams the valleys of Nepal documenting endangered Tibetan languages, she takes pains to distinguish each dialect's geographical origin. But when it came to producing maps of ...