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 Chartjunk April 29, 1997
No one should be permitted to touch the chart or graph button in a spreadsheet program without first reading the VDQI chapter on Chartjunk. Anyone who creates a 3d chart after reading the chapter needs to read it again
Guidance for good design and critical thinking March 26, 1997
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you need to exalt form over content, this is not the book for you. But if you want to communicate numbers clearly and effectively, here is a trove of ideas. Tufte shows dozens of examples of both terrific and horrible design, and gives sensible criteria for assessing our numerical tables, charts, and diagrams. I find myself instinctively applying his rules whenever I look at a newspaper graph, and shuddering whenever a spreadsheet automatically generates his despised "chartjunk."
The essential guide to avoiding graphical lies March 20, 1997
53 out of 55 found this review helpful
This book, and the two companion volumes ("Envisioning Information" and "Visual Explanations") are must-haves for anyone who is in the business or producing or interpreting
statistical information.
Tufte starts with a simple proposition: graphs and graphics
that represent statistical data should tell the truth. It's
amazing how often designers of such graphics miss this basic
point. Tufte clearly and entertainingly elucidates the most
common "graphical lies" and how to avoid them.
Read this
book and you'll never look at a newspaper or presentation
graphics the same way again -- you'll be left wondering if
the author *intended* to lie about what the data were saying, or if he/she just didn't know any better.
Another reviewer claimed that this book talks about how to make graphics accurate, not beautiful. He's right in some sense, but who cares? There are a million books on how to make "pretty" graphical displays, but precious few on how to make useful ones. These books are they.
great tips for effective presentations December 2, 1996
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
i have bought copies to give away to friends. a great lesson in presentation of information
You will NEVER look at newspaper graph in the same way again November 24, 1996
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
The single three dimensional (on flat paper) graph of
Napolleon's march to Moscow is worth the $40.00 price alone.
A framed copy hangs on my office wall. The book is stunning
in it's clearity of ideas.There are concise examples of
the casual deceptions of graphs in newspapers and magazines.
Read the Book it will improve the way you visualize data forever.
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