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Now You See It: Simple Visualization Techniques for Quantitative Analysis |  | Author: Stephen Few
Publisher: Analytics Press
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Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Pages: 329
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ISBN: 0970601980
Dewey Decimal Number: 650
EAN: 9780970601988
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Publication Date: April 1, 2009
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Product Description
This companion to Show Me the Numbers teaches the fundamental principles and practices of quantitative data analysis. Employing a methodology that is primarily learning by example and âthinking with our eyes,â this manual features graphs and practical analytical techniques that can be applied to a broad range of data analysis toolsâincluding the most commonly used Microsoft Excel. This approach is particularly valuable to those who need to make sense of quantitative business data by discerning meaningful patterns, trends, relationships, and exceptions that reveal business performance, potential problems and opportunities, and hints about the future. It provides practical skills that are useful to managers at all levels and to those interested in keeping a keen eye on their business. |
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 The one visualization book to have in the office November 13, 2009
Georgette Asherman (Fort Lee, NJ)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Stephen Few has put together a book that is useful as a reference but readable as well. I heard him speak at a conference and really think he has hit the mark. The book is accessible without being shallow. He gives worthwhile examples of how to combine the features of the software with good graphing techniques. As someone who has worked with many of the techniques, he provides a reason for what I did intuitively. This is invaluable for both displaying findings and training subject experts to analyze their data.
 Basic Book November 6, 2009
Paresh Shah
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
This book is useful only at a very basic level. Otherwise worthless.
Paresh
 Now you see it - Stephen Few September 18, 2009
Joel Dias (São Paulo, Brasil)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Stephen Few is the best on the information vizualization. Very appropriate for the Business Intelligence development. Is easy to recomend the best.
A very good book. Plain and simple! August 20, 2009
Puneet Neotia
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
WOW! I have followed Mr. Few for few years. This book is one stop shop if you want to maximize and make sense from your data. A must read for the ones who are in the BI space.
Great introduction to Visual Analysis July 15, 2009
Jock D Mackinlay
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
As someone who's done over two decades of research and development on visualization technology, I highly recommend "Now You See It" for everybody - novice to expert. Stephen Few explains visual analysis clearly and conversationally. His examples are accessible, appropriate, and beautiful.
The book is well-structured. Part I focuses on core concepts, principles, and practices. It prepares the general reader for Part II, which focuses on more technical material involving specific types of analysis (time-series, deviation, correlation, etc). Part II contains practical advice that will help everyone become better at visual analysis.
I particularly like the recommendations Stephen Few has included for visual analysis techniques that should be supported by commercial systems that are helping us work with data. After all, computers are now automatically collecting data. This book teaches us how to use this data to inform our individual work and to enhance our communication with each other. I believe these are key skills that will help us improve our modern, complex world.
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