Comments for The Excel Charts Blog http://www.excelcharts.com/blog Effective Charts and Dashboards for Excel users Sun, 19 Feb 2012 22:45:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on How to create a thematic map in Excel by Jarunun Sutiprapa http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/how-to-create-thematic-map-excel/#comment-58613 Jarunun Sutiprapa Sun, 19 Feb 2012 12:36:41 +0000 http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/how-to-create-thematic-map-excel/#comment-58613 It is a great article, and very very useful for me. I am trying to use your method to make a map for Thailand with illustrator map. I also have a problem with Excel 2007, JAY's solution solved my problem (thanks JAY). My map is still along way to go, as this is the first time that I try to write a macro (copying yours). I will send my file to you when I finish. Many thanks to you and all the contributors. It is a great article, and very very useful for me. I am trying to use your method to make a map for Thailand with illustrator map. I also have a problem with Excel 2007, JAY’s solution solved my problem (thanks JAY). My map is still along way to go, as this is the first time that I try to write a macro (copying yours). I will send my file to you when I finish. Many thanks to you and all the contributors.

]]> Comment on Why do people make bad charts? [POLL] by Naomi B. Robbins http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/why-do-people-make-bad-charts-poll/#comment-58093 Naomi B. Robbins Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:18:52 +0000 http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/?p=5007#comment-58093 Some bad graphs are intentional to make results appear better than they actually are. You've all heard the expression "How to lie with statistics" as well as "How to lie with charts." Some bad graphs are intentional to make results appear better than they actually are. You’ve all heard the expression “How to lie with statistics” as well as “How to lie with charts.”

]]> Comment on The consultant's chart: a dilemma by Kleber http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/the-consultants-chart-a-dilemma/#comment-58064 Kleber Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:55:31 +0000 http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/the-consultants-chart-a-dilemma/#comment-58064 Found it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U1RzHzCDWE&feature=player_embedded http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/the-consultants-chart-revisited/ Found it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U1RzHzCDWE&feature=player_embedded

http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/the-consultants-chart-revisited/

]]> Comment on The consultant's chart: a dilemma by Kleber http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/the-consultants-chart-a-dilemma/#comment-58062 Kleber Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:43:09 +0000 http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/the-consultants-chart-a-dilemma/#comment-58062 Hey Jorge! Did the post about how to do this chart come out? Cound't find it and I am very interested about how to do it. Tried hard, but with no success! Tks! Hey Jorge!

Did the post about how to do this chart come out?

Cound’t find it and I am very interested about how to do it.

Tried hard, but with no success!

Tks!

]]> Comment on Minard, Tufte, Kosslyn and Godin (and Napoleon) by Mike MacLeod http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/minard-tufte-kosslyn-godin-napoleon/#comment-57892 Mike MacLeod Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:53:38 +0000 http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/minard-tufte-kosslyn-godin-napoleon/#comment-57892 Context is everything. Who was the audience? Why were they assimilating the data? What are you expected to "carry away" from it? Is it a substitute for a verbal description, or a supplement to it? What were his audience's expectations? I think it's magnificent, as did most of the network engineers who stopped to peer at it pinned up on the outside of my tech writer cube. But this is hardly relevant to the task- definition questions I listed above. Context is everything. Who was the audience? Why were they assimilating the data? What are you expected to “carry away” from it? Is it a substitute for a verbal description, or a supplement to it? What were his audience’s expectations?

I think it’s magnificent, as did most of the network engineers who stopped to peer at it pinned up on the outside of my tech writer cube. But this is hardly relevant to the task- definition questions I listed above.

]]> Comment on Data Visualization Blog by knowvis | Bevor es Excel gab: Statistikdiagramme “to affect thro’ the Eyes what we fail to convey to the public through their word-proof ears”* http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/posts/#comment-57571 knowvis | Bevor es Excel gab: Statistikdiagramme “to affect thro’ the Eyes what we fail to convey to the public through their word-proof ears”* Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:37:09 +0000 http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/articles/#comment-57571 [...] William Playfair charts in Excel, Jorge Camoes (2011) Excel Charts meet William Playfair. In: Blog EXCELCHARTS.COM. Effective Charts and Dasboards for Excel [...] [...] William Playfair charts in Excel, Jorge Camoes (2011) Excel Charts meet William Playfair. In: Blog EXCELCHARTS.COM. Effective Charts and Dasboards for Excel [...]

]]> Comment on 12 Data Visualization Questions I Have No Answers For by Jorge Camoes http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/1-data-visualization-questions-i-have-no-answers-for/#comment-57187 Jorge Camoes Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:48:45 +0000 http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/?p=4858#comment-57187 Andy: an interesting reading regarding pie charts and stacked bars is "An Information-Processing Analysis of Graphic Perception", by David Simkin and Reid Hastie. They show that in some cases pie charts perform better than stacked bars. We can compare multiple pie charts to a stacked bar chart, and in this case I do prefer a stacked bar chart. On the other hand, comparing single series (a pie chart vs. a stacked par chart with a single bar) I would choose the pie. Andy: an interesting reading regarding pie charts and stacked bars is “An Information-Processing Analysis of Graphic Perception”, by David Simkin and Reid Hastie. They show that in some cases pie charts perform better than stacked bars.

We can compare multiple pie charts to a stacked bar chart, and in this case I do prefer a stacked bar chart. On the other hand, comparing single series (a pie chart vs. a stacked par chart with a single bar) I would choose the pie.

]]> Comment on 12 Data Visualization Questions I Have No Answers For by Andy Kriebel http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/1-data-visualization-questions-i-have-no-answers-for/#comment-57170 Andy Kriebel Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:30:44 +0000 http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/?p=4858#comment-57170 Jorge, With respect to question 3: Are there interchangeable charts? I disagree with your last comment "You cannot tell a part-of-a-whole story with a bar chart. You have to have a pie." I recently wrote about the good and bad alternatives for a parts-to-whole relationship. http://vizwiz.blogspot.com/2012/02/pie-charts-aren-always-evil-confession.html In the end, I would use a stacked bar when possible, as long as there aren't too many categories or data points. Andy Jorge,

With respect to question 3: Are there interchangeable charts?

I disagree with your last comment “You cannot tell a part-of-a-whole story with a bar chart. You have to have a pie.”

I recently wrote about the good and bad alternatives for a parts-to-whole relationship.

http://vizwiz.blogspot.com/2012/02/pie-charts-aren-always-evil-confession.html

In the end, I would use a stacked bar when possible, as long as there aren’t too many categories or data points.

Andy

]]> Comment on Excel chart gallery: a difficult equilibrium by Jorge Camoes http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/excel-chart-gallery-a-difficult-equilibrium/#comment-57165 Jorge Camoes Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:28:33 +0000 http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/excel-chart-gallery-a-difficult-equilibrium/#comment-57165 Ironic, isn't it? :) Ironic, isn’t it? :)

]]> Comment on Excel chart gallery: a difficult equilibrium by Erik http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/excel-chart-gallery-a-difficult-equilibrium/#comment-56894 Erik Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:07:51 +0000 http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/excel-chart-gallery-a-difficult-equilibrium/#comment-56894 I like the fact that the pie chart is in the "junk" list, yet you chose that to represent how much junk there is compared to useful charts. I like the fact that the pie chart is in the “junk” list, yet you chose that to represent how much junk there is compared to useful charts.

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