Comments on: Can You Improve this Mediocre Statistical Graphic?

By: Al S

Al S — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:13:00 +0000

Amos’ was the one that best gave me a clue as to the situation described by the data – I saw that and went ‘aha!’ But Nate’s gets points for being so purdy!

By: Nathan Yau

Nathan Yau — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:45:00 +0000

Nate – why am I not surprised you’re a graphic designer :)

By: Nate

Nate — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:39:00 +0000

Here's my effort: http://natecox.com/host/CA.gif

By: Jon Peltier

Jon Peltier — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:43:00 +0000

Jorge -

I’m not saying we need a large chart. My point is that I think this particular sparkline was as simple as possible, and then simpler. This data needs either a value axis or some labeling to describe the magnitude of the bars. Also, the sparkline shows a difference, which makes it harder to interpret at a glance. This data set really has two series, assuming that one series is merely the absence of the other leads to oversimplification.

Here’s a sparkline that works better for me:
http://peltiertech.com/WordPre.....rkline.png

By: Jon Peltier

Jon Peltier — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:54:00 +0000

Jake – Nice. I like how Unregistered has become the greatest affiliation.

By: Tyler Lang

Tyler Lang — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:54:12 +0000

Yeah, sorry, I unknowingly reversed the DEM/REP.

By: Tyler Lang

Tyler Lang — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:54:00 +0000

Yeah, sorry, I unknowingly reversed the DEM/REP.

By: Jake

Jake — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:07:56 +0000

One more… hey it’s a Friday!

http://bp2.blogger.com/_8rpY5f.....iVoter.png

By: Jake

Jake — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:07:00 +0000

One more… hey it’s a Friday!

http://bp2.blogger.com/_8rpY5f.....iVoter.png

By: Jorge Camoes

Jorge Camoes — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:43:00 +0000

Jon, the sparklines just tell a different story. It does minimize the chart footprint, but do we need a large chart to display these eight data points?