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The True Meaning of Clutter in Data
When people hear the word clutter, they often picture too many charts crammed onto one page.
That can be true, but clutter goes beyond the number of charts.
Clutter is anything that makes your reader work harder without adding real value....
Your Chart Title Is the First Insight
A chart title can completely change how people understand your work.
That may sound small, but it matters more than people think.
The bold words at the top are usually the first thing people see. Those words give your audience their first...
The Gap Between What Happened And Why
Data is great at showing you what happened. It is almost never good at showing you why.
This is something every data person needs to remember.
You might stare at a spreadsheet and see a huge drop in shoe sales at a local store. The number...
The Man Who Made Statistics Fun
A lot of people say they’re bad with numbers. Most times, that is not the real problem.
People can understand numbers when the story is clear. They understand when sales go down.
They understand when wait time gets longer. They understan...
Nobody Cares How Hard Your SQL Query Was
Working with data takes a lot of time. Honestly, yeah, it usually takes more time than people think.
As a data analyst, you spend hours staring at screens, fixing messy numbers, and trying to understand why things do not add up.
When it f...
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