Kaiser Fung, founder of Junk Charts and Principal Analytics Prep, explains how Microsoft distorted and exaggerated the relative speed of its Edge browser relative to competition
Kaiser Fung, founder of Junk Charts and Principal Analytics Prep, explains how Microsoft distorted and exaggerated the relative speed of its Edge browser relative to competition
One of my students tipped me to an August article in the Economist, published when last the media proclaimed Donald Trump's campaign in deep water. The headline said "Donald Trump's Media Advantage Falters." Who would have known, judging from the...
The credit for today's headline goes to Andrew Gelman, who said something like that when I presented the following chart at his Statistical Graphics class yesterday: With this chart (which appeared in a large ad in the NY Times), Fidelity...
Tom B. alerted me to an interview with Ed Tufte, by Ad Age (link). It's a good read. The journalist attended one of Tufte's courses but then the interview was conducted via email. So it reads like a condensed version...
Josh tweeted quite a shocking attack ad to me last week. He told me it came from the DC Metro. The ad is taken out by a group called HumaneWatch.Org, which apparently is a watchdog checking up on charity organizations....
The New York Times has a splendid example of an infographics this weekend, showing the rise and fall of the Blackberry. Notice the inspired touch of the black circles to trace the outline of Blackberry's market share. They are a...
I will be giving a webinar today (Thursday) at 1 pm EST. The topic is Big Data and Marketing. I will give some tips on how to get into the data game. Click here to register. The registration link is...
Reader Max sent this photo of a poster in the Shake Shack in Brooklyn, NY: Are they way below their goal? You wouldn't know unless you read all the text and numbers.
A reader sends me to Adam Obeng, who did the dirty work deconstructing a set of charts by the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on his blog. Here's an example of these charts: Aside from the sneaker chart, they...
Sometimes, a chart just strains your mind. Such is the case with the following, a tip from Augustine F. (@acfou) There are just so many percentages on the chart it's really hard to figure out which is which. Under the...
