Comments on: Weltanschauung, Lies and Charts http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/weltanschauung-lies-and-charts/ Business Charts, Done Right Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:15:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ulrich Seidl http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/weltanschauung-lies-and-charts/comment-page-1/#comment-1301 Ulrich Seidl Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:26:16 +0000 http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/?p=1146#comment-1301 Please have a look at http://www.hichert.com/de/success/check/201 HI-SUCCESS-Rule 4.4 Check scaling: No manipulation 4.4.1 Use proper visualization, do not cut axes Please have a look at http://www.hichert.com/de/success/check/201

HI-SUCCESS-Rule 4.4 Check scaling: No manipulation
4.4.1 Use proper visualization, do not cut axes

]]> By: KPI Dashboards http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/weltanschauung-lies-and-charts/comment-page-1/#comment-1300 KPI Dashboards Fri, 04 Sep 2009 09:54:07 +0000 http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/?p=1146#comment-1300 Cool, the things you can "say" with a chart. However, it doesn't matter how the state shows data its always twisted one way or other - to suit the message they want to pass. Not all charts are the same, for instance, Flynet are soon to launch a Dashboard Portal where small and medium enterprises can very simply choose their preferred KPI's, enter their data, choose how they wish to see each KPI and are then presented with a fully functional dashboard. Charts in this case would be highly beneficial, offering a small business the ability to focu on those variables/ KPI's most vital to their business. Cool, the things you can “say” with a chart. However, it doesn’t matter how the state shows data its always twisted one way or other – to suit the message they want to pass. Not all charts are the same, for instance, Flynet are soon to launch a Dashboard Portal where small and medium enterprises can very simply choose their preferred KPI’s, enter their data, choose how they wish to see each KPI and are then presented with a fully functional dashboard. Charts in this case would be highly beneficial, offering a small business the ability to focu on those variables/ KPI’s most vital to their business.

]]> By: jerome cukier http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/weltanschauung-lies-and-charts/comment-page-1/#comment-1299 jerome cukier Fri, 21 Aug 2009 23:10:24 +0000 http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/?p=1146#comment-1299 nice conclusion. then again making sure viewers interpret the results you way you intend is more achieved by selecting the right variables, rather than following orthodox formatting rules. nice conclusion. then again making sure viewers interpret the results you way you intend is more achieved by selecting the right variables, rather than following orthodox formatting rules.

]]> By: Ross http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/weltanschauung-lies-and-charts/comment-page-1/#comment-1298 Ross Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:57:46 +0000 http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/?p=1146#comment-1298 Dam it! I was just about to launch in to a debate about how you needed to take the data in context of the whole population etc, etc, and there is was, what I was going to say anyway! good post Ross Dam it!
I was just about to launch in to a debate about how you needed to take the data in context of the whole population etc, etc, and there is was, what I was going to say anyway!
good post
Ross

]]> By: E.D. Kain http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/weltanschauung-lies-and-charts/comment-page-1/#comment-1297 E.D. Kain Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:20:49 +0000 http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/?p=1146#comment-1297 Excellent post. I'd like to point out that my own chart was not so much "over-reaction" as purposefully deceiving. I was merely attempting to draw contrast by comparison. Obviously the data presented in both charts was fundamentally flawed. Really interesting comparison of top quintile by the way. Excellent post. I’d like to point out that my own chart was not so much “over-reaction” as purposefully deceiving. I was merely attempting to draw contrast by comparison. Obviously the data presented in both charts was fundamentally flawed.

Really interesting comparison of top quintile by the way.

]]> By: Jon Peltier http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/weltanschauung-lies-and-charts/comment-page-1/#comment-1296 Jon Peltier Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:30:20 +0000 http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/?p=1146#comment-1296 Nice job. The last four charts are very interesting. In another analysis I'd seen the first and third, but the second and fourth show things I hadn't seen before. Nice job. The last four charts are very interesting. In another analysis I’d seen the first and third, but the second and fourth show things I hadn’t seen before.

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