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Comparability

Visualizing citation impact
Comparability

Visualizing citation impact

Michael Bales and his associates at Cornell are working on a new
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Your charts need the gift of purpose
Sorting

Your charts need the gift of purpose

A case of doubly inverted scales
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Exquisite chart by-of-for academics
Aggregation

Exquisite chart by-of-for academics

This chart published in Harvard Magazine has won my heart. It is
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Spatial perception: on the chart and in real life
Area chart

Spatial perception: on the chart and in real life

A twitter follower @mdjoner felt that something is amiss with the squares
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Four numbers say little, even on a busy chart
Axis

Four numbers say little, even on a busy chart

Reader Robert J. calls this a "really bad" chart (link)
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Insufficiency and illusions
Bubble chart

Insufficiency and illusions

This WSJ graphic gives me a reason to talk about the self-sufficiency
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