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Free data visualization course

Data Visualization and Dashboard Storytelling

Module 04

Comparison Charts: Bars, Slopes, Dot Plots, and Ranking

By the end of this module you can choose the right comparison chart for the question, and explain why a sorted bar chart usually beats the pie chart it replaced.

Units

  1. Unit 04.00: Sorting is the analysis
  2. Unit 04.01: Bars, and the zero baseline argument
  3. Unit 04.02: Slope charts for before and after
  4. Unit 04.03: Dot plots when bars are too heavy
  5. Unit 04.04: Ranking that hides how close the ranks are

Module work