topic: Chart Types

  • What the Hex?

    What the Hex?

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    Kathy Rowell
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    I’m incredibly open to new ideas and change, but if I’m brutally honest, I must acknowledge that my inner skeptic sometimes whispers (perhaps shouts), “Change is good—you go first.” There may be something in my Myers-Briggs Type (I’m an ENFJ) that can explain this tendency, but regardless, I recognize that I often need to research,…

  • Alternatives to Stacked Bars

    Alternatives to Stacked Bars

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    Kathy Rowell
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    Stacked Bar Chart or Some Other Display? As with all charts, we need to think first about the different types and characteristics of the data we are working with before deciding on the most appropriate chart type. We can ask questions such as: What do we need to tell our viewers? Do we need them…