{"product_id":"how-charts-work-understand-and-explain-data-with-confidence-9781292342795","title":"How Charts Work Understand and explain data with","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlan Smith \u003c\/b\u003eis Head of Visual and Data Journalism at Financial Times. A data visualization specialist, he writes the FT's popular Chart Doctor column. Alan is an experienced presenter, having lectured extensively on how to communicate with data. His TEDx talk, Why you should love statistics, was a TED.com featured talk in 2017. Previously, he worked at the UK's Office for National Statistics, where he founded its award-winning Data Visualisation Centre. Alan received a BA in geography from the University of Lancaster and holds an MSc in GIS from Salford University. He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in Queen Elizabeth II's 2011 Birthday Honours list.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword    Acknowledgements    1. Why you need this book    2. Why charts matter    \u003cbr\u003e    PART 1 - KNOW YOUR CHARTS    \u003cbr\u003e    3. The FT Visual Vocabulary    4. Charts of magnitude    5. Charts of change over time    6. Charts of correlation    7. Charts of distribution    8. Charts of flow    9. Charts of ranking    10. Charts of deviation    11. Charts of part to whole    12. Spatial is special    \u003cbr\u003e    PART 2 - PUTTING CHARTS TO WORK    \u003cbr\u003e    13. Using the Visual Vocabulary in your own organisation    14. The science behind good charts    15. Scales of justice, axes of evil    16. The best charts are well written    17. Designing for charts    18. Visualising uncertainty - a case study","brand":"Pearson Education Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48866526953815,"sku":"9781292342795","price":14.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781292342795.jpg?v=1722279076","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/how-charts-work-understand-and-explain-data-with-confidence-9781292342795","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}