Written Visual Analytics Tutorials

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When Playfair Data does visual analytics consulting, we always strive to reduce the time to insight, increase the accuracy of…

In Practical Tableau, we introduced the concept of a pace chart, an alternative bullet graph that normalizes progress to goal…

Data visualization is not about making “pretty charts and graphs;” it’s about communication. There are some who view data visualization…

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Great visualizations answer the question – “Compared to what?” – without making users expend much effort uncovering their next actionable…

Tableau’s “Dynamic Zone Visibility” – released with version 2022.3 – promises to be a game changer when it comes to…

Traditional Tableau Gantt charts display a mark at a start date and size the mark by duration, showing a visual…

I often see stock ticker gauges that show a trend for a symbol or index, but where the entire chart…

The humble Tableau bar chart still reigns supreme when it comes to visualizing differences between categorial, or discrete, data –…

Pareto charts in Tableau – named for the Pareto principle inspired by Italian economist, Vilfredo Pareto – help visualize the…

Waterfall charts visualize the individual categorical or time period contributions to a running total and are one of my favorite…