20091028 BCU Journal Club Reporting Data

José Ramón MacíasBCU Journal Club 20091028

“ Define beauty to be a

harmony of all the parts...

fitted together with such

proportion and

connection, that nothing

could be added, diminished or

altered, but for the

worse.”

- Leon Battista (1406-1472)

Buckminster Fuller

architect

Beauty

emerges

from every

design that is

working.

Jess @wallstats.com

it’s like potatoes, they

may have the most

nutritional value straight

out of the ground, but it

taste like dirt...

...cut them

up, fry’em, throw some

chili and cheese on

them, and you have

yourself an audience

“

”

Pie Chart

1st find your key message

2nd really need a chart for that ?

3rd which chart type?

4th How to design it?

make data easy to understand

reveal relationship between data

amplify impact of data

convert raw data into information

Use charts only to

Core Design

a chart dissection

cond1 cond2 cond3 cond4

0

cond5

5 %

10 %

15 %

20 %

Surprisingly, conditions 4 & 5 behave the same!


5 %

10 %

15 %

20 %

cond1 cond2 cond3 cond4 cond5

0

Axis presents what is measured…

…and the units of measurement.



0

cond5

5 %

10 %

15 %

20 %

Present only as much data points as necessary, but not more.



0

cond5

5 %

10 %

15 %

20 %

Only relevant data points should be labeled, otherwise they just will clutter the chart.

13 % 13 %

17 %

19 %

2 %



0

cond5

5 %

10 %

15 %

20 %

Use legends only for more than onedata series.Most of the times labeling directly the lines or pie slices will work better.

Expected

Observed


0

cond5

5 %

10 %

15 %

20 %


Title must clearly and briefly state the main point of the chart, the one that supports the presentation purpose.

0


5 %

10 %

15 %

20 %Data source must be provided in a way to allow readers to check data by themselves.

- Doe J. et al. Nature 2009


Color is not for decoration.Use as less as possible and only to remark your point.

0


5 %

10 %

15 %

20 %


You should also highlightless obvious but important issues.



0

cond5

5 %

10 %

15 %

20 %

(soft) Animation effects may help to understand complex charts.

Expected

Observed

Examples

#

- Raymon Loewy

“ Design

is too

important

to be left to

designers ”

T1 T2 T3 T4 Totals

Condition1 -18% 7% 25% 2% 2%

Condition2 47% -7% 26% 15% 17%

Condition3 15% -5% 1% 7% 19%

Condition4 57% 10% -3% 7% 13%

Condition5 57% 6% -3% 8% 13%

-40%

-20%

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

Cond1 Cond2 Cond3 Cond4 Cond5

Pe

rce

nta

ge

Conditions

Testing 5 conditions at 4 times

T1

T2

T3

T4

Totals

T1 T2 T3 T4 Totals

Condition1 -18% 7% 25% 2% 2%

Condition2 47% -7% 26% 15% 17%

Condition3 15% -5% 1% 7% 19%

Condition4 57% 10% -3% 7% 13%

Condition5 57% 6% -3% 8% 13%

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

Cond1 Cond2 Cond3 Cond4 Cond5


#

Nancy Duarte

#

Something to avoid

being creative and

searching for simplicity

didn’tgave an answer

didn’t know

what a BLOG is !!!

Some statistics…

thesedon’t

people that visit blogsregularly

spontaneityd

iver

sity

uncensored

rethinking pie charts

uncensored

diversity

spontaneity

diversity

spontaneityuncensored

Most valued feature from blogs:

spontaneity

div

ersi

tyuncensored

Most valued feature from blogs:

#

Nancy Duarte

Hierarchy

Flow

Contrast

Proximity

White space

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20091028 BCU Journal Club Reporting Data

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