A symbol is used for each unit to place emphasis on individuals or objects.
Show individual data points by splitting bars into smaller cells.
Make the unit chart less abstract with icons that represent the data, or use this in place of a bar chart.
Add visual weight by using individual items to show counts.
As I watched Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai field questions from the House Judiciary…
While a drink a day might increase your risk of experiencing an alcohol-related condition, the change is low in absolute numbers.
After living expenses, where does the money go, and how does it change when you have more cash available?
Big numbers are too abstract in our minds to fully understand the scale…
There is a fixed number of minutes during the day. Where do parents usually draw the time from?
This is what you get when you add up all the days the average American adult spends sleeping, eating, commuting, and doing other activities.
As I’m sure you know, Sony has been having all sorts of data…
