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Daily Archives: April 19, 2017

Try Using Tables Instead of Charts

Charts and Data Visualization, Methods & Tools, Presenting Research, Turning Data into StoriesBy Joe HopperApril 19, 2017

One memorable lesson from reading Edward Tufte’s books about visual displays of quantitative information is that charts are not the only way to display data. Indeed, they are sometimes a worse way. We should always at least consider a table as a superior alternative: Tables are clearly the best way to show exact numerical values,…

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