BusinessQ Report Example – KPI

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[CRO] BusinessQ Scatter Plot – korelacije u mjerama

Posted by Hrvoje Smolic in BusinessQ, Data Visualization, Graphs

Za kraj Q1 ove godine BusinessQ će doživjeti novu verziju. U njoj će se nalaziti mnoga poboljšanja, ubrzavanja algoritama, ali i potpuno nove funkcionalnosti i opcije vizualizacije podataka. Jedna od njih je i ScatterPlot. Ovaj tip grafa služi da se na vrlo brz način uoče eventualne korelacije među brojčanim podacima (mjerama, metrikama). O čemu se radi? Tradicionalni grafovi u pravilu prikazuju neke kategorije (Dimenzije, poput Artikli, Kupci, Mjeseci) i pripadajuće vrijednosti...

How to Lie with Charts – part 2

Posted by Hrvoje Smolic in Data Visualization, Graphs

  There is an interesting project going on – A Farce with numbers. Organizer asked students to locate resources that showed how graphs and charts can mislead. What is (I think) very educational is that he also asked them to look at color theory, word-image association, juxtaposition, and other aesthetic methods of influencing meaning and interpretation. Unlike Forbes’ graph makeover contest in which I also participated here , thihs assignment is different and very...

Forbes : Graph Makeover Contest

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Naomi Robbins on Forbes.com presented a graph and a table and asked readers to present alternatives. I choose to improve this graph: The main reason is because there are far better ways to display this kind of information. I present 2 alternatives: 1) first of which is better to present part-in-the whole  percentages of social media and quick comparison for b2b and b2c companies : (you can easily ask yourself – where did LinkedIn vanish for b2c?)   1) second of which is better to...

Data viz challenge: How Teens Research

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Yesterday I stumbled upon an article on storytellingwithdata.com.  I quote the author: “I was surprised reading this article how many stats were included and yet how few visuals. Only one graph, in fact: My challenge to you is this: read the article and determine what data you find most interesting then visualize it. You can remake the above graph, or focus on bringing life to numbers included in the report by making them visual. ”   So I decided to look at the article and...