Show Me the Numbers Designing Tables and Graphs to Enlighten [Hardcover]

Addressing the prevalent issue of poorly designed quantitative information presentations, this accessible, practical, and comprehensive guide teaches how to properly create tables and graphs for effective and efficient communication. The critical numbers that measure the health, identify the opportunities, and forecast the future of organizations are often misrepresented because few people are trained to design accurate, informative materials, but this manual helps put an end to misinformation. This revised edition of the highly successful book includes updated figures and 91 additional pages of content, including new chapters about quantitative narrative and current misuses of graphs—such as donut, circle, unit, and funnel charts—and new appendices that cover constructing table lens displays and box plots in Excel and useful color palettes for presentation materials. Stephen Few is the master of creating simplicity and meaning through the clear visualization of data.Show Me the Numbersshould be required reading for every businessperson, researcher, student, and teacher. A contemporary classic!   —Garr Reynolds, author,Presentation ZenandThe Naked Presenter Not just 'a' book on statistical graphics, it is 'the' book on statistical graphics. No other book has influenced my own view on the visual presentation of quantitative evidence as much as this. A true masterpiece.   —Alberto Cairo, author,The Functional Art If you are looking for practical, easy-to-follow guidelines for presenting numerical data, this is the best book there is. Stephen Few's examples are elegant, and his advice is right on the money.   —Colin Ware, professor, University of New Hampshire, and author,Information Visualization: Perception for Design A must-read for anyone developing reports or dashboards.   —Cindi Howson, founder, BI Scorecard, and author,Successful BusineslÃ-