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Graph workflow

Crafting truthful data graphs

  • About
  • Graph workflow model
    • Information system
    • False pretences
  • Graph objective
    • Statistical context
    • Data properties
    • Intended audience
  • Qualities of data graphics
    • Decoding accuracy
    • Completeness
    • Encoding relevance
    • Encoding consistency
    • Decoding efficiency
    • Simplifying complexity
    • Encoding design
  • Data management
    • Data generating process
    • Data validation
    • Missing values
    • Recasting scales
    • Ratios
    • Data reduction
    • Extreme values
  • Visual implantations
    • Points to lines to areas
    • Case study
    • Volumes
  • Retinal variables
    • Colour hue
    • Color value
    • Size
    • Shape
    • Orientation
    • Texture
    • Motion
  • Graph identification
    • External identification
    • Internal identification
    • Direct identification
    • Fonts
  • Graph enhancement
    • Scale range
    • Multiple axes
    • Line connection
    • Reference lines
    • Reference areas
    • Aspect ratio
    • Ordering
  • Visual decoding/perception
    • Visual illusions
    • Gestalt theory
      • Figure/Ground
      • Proximity
      • Similarity
      • Enclosure
      • Closure
      • Connection
      • Common fate
    • Perceived magnitude
    • Colour limitations
    • The problem with pies
  • Exploratory data analysis
    • Distributional form
    • Assessing normality
    • [0,+∞) variables
    • Linearising relations
    • (–∞,+∞) variables
    • [0,1] variables
  • Reference list

Endorse COVIDSafe

May 12, 2020May 12, 2020

Advisors skewing disclosures

February 12, 2020February 20, 2020

Marriage equality survey

January 17, 2020February 20, 2020

Contractions and recoveries

November 4, 2019February 20, 2020

Australia’s ageing population

October 19, 2019February 20, 2020

Semiconductor market share

October 4, 2019February 20, 2020

Tribute to Hans Rosling

September 23, 2019February 20, 2020

Labour equality and human development

September 12, 2019February 20, 2020

Capital waterfall

August 29, 2019February 20, 2020

Tallest to shortest

August 13, 2019February 20, 2020

NBA shot success

July 30, 2019February 20, 2020

Miles-per-gallon illusion

July 17, 2019February 20, 2020

Tribute to Charles Minard

June 25, 2019February 20, 2020

Self-disclosed height and weight

June 13, 2019February 20, 2020

Tilting scale in military spending

May 28, 2019February 20, 2020

Imbalance in military spending

May 2, 2019February 20, 2020

Ratios of normals

April 20, 2019February 20, 2020

Melbourne-Sydney travel

April 10, 2019February 20, 2020

US federal tax revenue

March 17, 2019February 20, 2020

Frequency of annual returns

March 4, 2019February 20, 2020

Benford’s law and income

February 26, 2019February 20, 2020

US life expectancy of males

February 11, 2019February 20, 2020

Market value function

January 29, 2019February 20, 2020

OECD top marginal tax rates

January 14, 2019February 20, 2020

Taiji Cove captured dolphins

December 17, 2018February 20, 2020

Taiji Cove drive hunt

December 16, 2018February 20, 2020

Capital stock-and-flow

November 26, 2018February 20, 2020

PwC on collaborative economy

November 16, 2018February 20, 2020

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