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Chart Makeovers
Swipe left and right on the images below to see some suggestions on improving common visualization types.
Use jitter to avoid overlapping the dots. Jittering is just a random shifting of the dots to the left and right that enables a better view of the data.
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Focus readers' attention on the essential information, which is changes over time, so we eliminated all unnecessary elements.
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People are much more accurate in comparing the length of the straight lines than sectors of the cycle.
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Even experienced chart readers frequently have a hard time navigating through the double-axis. Consider showing the labels near the data points instead of on the axis.
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Comparing the surface of the rectangles is strenuous because it requires considering the two dimensions (width and height). A simple bar chart does a much better job.
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