Common Mistakes in Data Presentation

Intelligent Enterprise Magazine: "Graphical glitz can often confuse rather than clarify what's being communicated. Our practical series delves into common errors and how to correct them..."



"Any presentation of data that you prepare - whether in the form of tables or graphs or in some combination like a dashboard - is only successful to the degree that it communicates to your target audience what you intend for it to communicate. Did your message get through? Was the data understood, accurately and efficiently? It's all about the data. As the renowned expert in the visual display of information, Edward Tufte, so simply yet eloquently put it: "Above all else show the data."

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