Exquisite chart by-of-for academics
This chart published in Harvard Magazine has won my heart.
It is
Statistics
Respect the reader's time
A graphic illustrating how Americans spend their time is a perfect foil
The index of an index is confusion
The puzzle of negative numbers
An overused chart, why it fails, and how to fix it
A chart with conceptual appeal but fails the data
Conventions, novelty and the double edge
This chart from Reuters is making the rounds on Twitter today.
Quickly,
Applying numbersense to a Bloomberg report
Eric P. asked me to comment on his recent post via twitter.