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Nov
25
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Evaluation and data visualization folks may disagree on the best pie to serve at Thanksgiving dinner. Pumpkin? Pecan? A nice silk pie made with chocolate liqueur and tofu? (Thank you, Alton Brown.) You see, the whole point of charts is to give people an instantaneous understanding of your findings. Your readers can easily discern differences… Read More »
Posted in: Data Visualization
Nov
06
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The Medical Library Association’s October 28 webinar was on Data Visualization, presented by Lisa Federer, NIH Library’s Research Data Informationist. The webinar was a tour of different aspects of data visualization, including information about elements of design, like color, line, contrast and proximity, as well as loads and loads of specific resources for more information…. Read More »
Posted in: Data Visualization
Oct
09
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Ah, the annual report – at its best we expect to see a glossy booklet with pie charts, short paragraphs and some quotes. At its worst it can be pages of dry text. Our main hope with annual reports is that our stakeholders and others will read them and be impressed with the successes of… Read More »
Posted in: Data Visualization
Aug
21
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Here are some more great techniques to help with telling a story to report your evaluation data so it will get the attention it deserves. Juice Analytics has this truly wonderful collection of resources in a guide called “30 Days to Data Storytelling.” With assignments of less than 30 minutes a day, this guide links… Read More »
Posted in: Data Visualization
May
22
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In a recent blog post, evaluator Stephanie Evergreen suggested that people no longer ask for power point slides at the end of a presentation (Stop Asking if the Slides are Available). Her point is that the slides should support the speaker and be fairly useless on their own. If the audience needs a reminder of… Read More »
Posted in: Data Visualization