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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?

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

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

When Simple Is Best

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

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