Defaults are good for quick and disposable charts. However, when the audience extends beyond yourself, it’s time to customize around purpose.
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Breaking Out of Chart Software Defaults
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Histograms for Regular People
People need a sense of how distributions work before they can make sense of a histogram. Here’s how I (try to) make these misunderstood charts easier to read.
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Focus Change
A few lines and a color fill can change how others see a dataset.