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Designer's Guide to Presenting Numbers, Figures, and Charts

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ISBN-10: 1621532666

ISBN-13: 9781621532668

Edition: N/A

Authors: Sally Bigwood, Melissa Spore

List price: $19.95
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Numbers can tell an exciting story. The trick is to know what story to tell and make it understandable. This compact, practical guide will show everyone who must design numeric data how to transform raw data into readable, relevant information.The Designer’s Guide to Presenting Numbers, Figures, and Charts brings together the guidelines established over the last forty years for making effective presentations of figures, tables, and graphs. Included are the straightforward steps designers and other professionals can take to make their tables and charts the most meaningful. The authors define and discuss a range of graph types, from simple bar and pie charts to contemporary “data…    
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Book details

List price: $19.95
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/6/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.506
Language: English

Sally Bigwood is a founding partner at Plain Figures, a training and consultancy firm specializing in data presentation. She lives in England.

Melissa Spore �is a self-employed instructional designer. She has worked in distance, community, and continuing professional education, and conducts research and writes about using technology to improve written and oral communication. She lives in Saskatoon, Canada.

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Handling Numbers
Using Tables
Introduction to Charts
Basic Charts
Technical and Specialist Charts and Data Visualization
Table or Chart?
Working with Numbers
Nonnumerical Charts and Information Graphics
Numbers and Page Design
Glossary
Exercises and Answers
Index