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When a table is better than a graph

Hi everyone. Nathan here. I write to you from the United States, where the federal government is in limbo but we do our best to keep pushing forward. When there is data (or lack of it), we like to visualize it. Sometimes though, as we’ve seen this week, a straightforward table can be better. Let’s look closer in this week’s Process, the member-exclusive newsletter on data and charts beyond defaults.

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Chart Type Used

Table