Spis treści: „Show Me the Numbers: Designing Tables and Graphs to Enlighten”

Spis treści publikacji pt. „Show Me the Numbers: Designing Tables and Graphs to Enlighten”.

Tytuł: „Show Me the Numbers: Designing Tables and Graphs to Enlighten”
Autor: Stephen Few
Wydawca: Analytics Press
Data wydania: 2012-06-01
Język: Angielski
Liczba stron: 371

Spis treści

Spis treści / Table of contents

PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION / XV

1. INTRODUCTION / 1

Purpose / 8

Scope / 9

Intended readers / 11

Content preview / 11

Communication style / 12

2. SIMPLE STATISTICS TO GET YOU STARTED / 15

Quantitative relationships / 15

Numbers that summarize / 21

Measures of money / 35

3. DIFFERING ROLES OF TABLES AND GRAPHS / 39

Quantities and categories / 40

Choosing the best medium of communication / 42

Tables defi ned / 43

When to use tables / 44

Graphs defined / 45

A brief history of graphs / 46

When to use graphs / 48

4. FUNDAMENTAL VARIATIONS OF TABLES / 53

Relationships in tables / 53

Variations in table design / 57

Table design solutions / 59

5. VISUAL PERCEPTION AND GRAPHICAL COMMUNICATION / 61

Mechanics of sight / 63

Attributes of preattentive processing / 67

Applying visual attributes to design / 71

Gestalt principles of visual perception / 80

6. FUNDAMENTAL VARIATIONS OF GRAPHS / 87

Encoding data in graphs / 87

Relationships in graphs / 101

Graph design solutions / 105

PRACTICE IN SELECTING TABLES AND GRAPHS / 137

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