Sail forth walt whitman4/12/2023 When you have everything looking the way you want it to on the first graph, create the second by copying the first and editing the data.REDUCE gap width (I chose 40% for this graph).ADJUST colors (I used colors associated with the organization).(NOTE: I could have deleted the x-axis as well, but I left it in this chart for the purpose of drawing the reader not just to the absolute scores, but to the scores as compared to 100%) DELETE gridlines, x-axis tick marks and line, y-axis, chart border.What they do want to compare is one year to the next for each grade level. ![]() I chose a back-to-back bar chart because I have two datasets that people need to see in one chart, yet they don’t necessarily need to compare one dataset (Math) to the other (ELA). Much of this process I learned from Stephanie Evergreen’s blogs on dataviz. I created a back-to-back bar chart to display some common public school data. In this post, I share how I created my first back-to-back bar chart. Recently, though, I waded a bit deeper, and experimented with two variations – back-to-back bar charts and small multiples. To venture beyond that, into the deep current of dashboards and interactivity, I would need a life jacket and tow rope. I avoid default colors, and proudly leave 3D charts to the real amateurs. I follow basic safety rules, dispensing with the unnecessary – gridlines, tick marks, superfluous axis labels and legends. I’ve learned to create clean and modern-looking bar, column, and the occasional pie charts. ![]() I consider myself a novice, for now, staying safe in the shallow waters of data visualization. And we will risk the ship, ourselves, and all. For we are bound where mariner has not yet dared go. Sail Forth- Steer for the deep waters only.
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