Show Me the Numbers: Designing Tables and Graphs to Enlighten
by Stephen Few
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Author: Stephen FewEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2004-09-01
ISBN: 0970601999
Number of pages: 280
Publisher: Analytics Press
Book Reviews of Show Me the Numbers: Designing Tables and Graphs to Enlighten
Book Review: Very good if you target your reading
Summary: 4 Stars
If you are like me, you are probably a very busy person. You pick this book up because you would like to improve a certain aspect of your employment skills: tables or graphs. This isn't a skill that will make or break your career, so it is something you want to be able to pick up quickly.
One great thing about this book is that you can flip through the pages and see many great and obviously poor examples - Few makes the contrasts between these examples very clear. Without reading a word, you would probably pick up a few tips.
If you read this book in a specific manner, you can pick up some skills very quickly. The chapters on designing tables and graphs (mainly chapters 7, 8, and 9) are invaluable.
The problem I had was that I had to read through a lot of somewhat extraneous material to find the real meat of the book. While Visual Perception is interesting, for instance, I didn't feel the need to know so much about it. A lot of the material could have been shortened.
Also, if you are well-versed in working with numbers, you should probably skip the first couple of chapters - I'm sure you already know this material.
But overall, thanks to Few for taking a rather elusive topic to most of us and making it crystal clear!
Summary of Show Me the Numbers: Designing Tables and Graphs to Enlighten
Tables and graphs can more adequately communicate important business information when they reflect the good design practices discussed in this practical guide to effective table and graph design. Information is provided on the fundamental concepts of table and graph design, the numbers and knowledge most suitable for display in a graphic form, the best tabular means to communicate certain ideas, and the component-level aspects of design. Analysts, technicians, and managers will appreciate the solid theory behind this outline for ensuring that tables and graphs present quantitative business information in a truthful, attractive format that facilitates better decision making.
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