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Data Stories: Fancy Charts and Simple Charts

Creating fancy spiral plots, an argument against box plots, and how to use simple charts effectively.

  • By Upside Staff
  • February 23, 2022

 

Attractive or Confusing?

sample of data visualization, linked to full visualization at Flowing Data 

Whether or not you like this recently popular chart type, here’s a tutorial on how to create a spiral chart with R.

 

The Flaws of Box Plots

sample of data visualization, linked to full visualization at Nightingale 

This article makes the case that box plots are unnecessarily confusing and aren’t useful for conveying most information.

 

When Simple Is Best

sample of data visualization, linked to full visualization at Datawrapper 

This blog post from Datawrapper explains how simple charts can be extremely effective.

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