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I have updated the @policyviz Data Visualization Catalog to >750MB and >1200 graphs, charts, and diagrams. Sort, filter, and explore, or download the whole thing in a zip file (all for free!). Explore it here: buff.ly/38vswmO Download it here: buff.ly/38yR12A

Take an interesting approach to defining the data elements in your chart by using clever legends. | policyviz.com/2023/04/13/cle…

Visual Vocabulary in Excel policyviz.com/product/visual…

I'm super duper excited to talk with my friend @ChristiansenJen on this week's episode of the @PolicyViz Podcast. We talk about her fabulous new book and ways to bring people together to create amazing data visualizations. | policyviz.com/podcast/episod…

Some thoughts on trustworthiness in data visualization. | policyviz.com/2023/03/10/are…

Incredibly grateful to @SParsonsDataViz for his "Super Advanced Tableau Tables" dashboard and instructional video. In this blog post, you'll find my shorthand list of the steps for each @tableau visualization in Sam's tutorial. | policyviz.com/2023/02/23/sup…

The @PolicyViz site will be down for a bit and here’s why.

Download more than 500 color palettes from @edithwyoung's book, Color Scheme, in CMYK, RGB, and HEX codes. Then, listen to the podcast episode! policyviz.com/2022/12/20/col…

I was curious, so I updated the famous NYT Yield Curve in @msexcel (using quarterly data). Here's how I did it and why--with a downloadable Excel file to boot! | policyviz.com/2022/12/09/upd…

How do you get people to get away from the same old graphs time and time again? Maybe show them different alternatives! | policyviz.com/2022/11/28/get…

I built a color contrast checker in @msexcel. It's a multi-step process and enables you to do color accessibility checks for multiple color pairs quickly. See how I built it and download it for yourself. | policyviz.com/2022/11/01/col…

Some thoughts about creating data visualizations with outliers. | policyviz.com/2022/10/24/bre…

Dual axis charts are confusing, hard to read, and can be easily manipulated to suggest correlations when none exist. Here are some things to consider. | policyviz.com/2022/10/06/avo…

Back to school this week? Are you a K-12 teacher or instructor? Read this post and fill out the linked Google Form for your chance to win five FREE Match It data visualization card games! | policyviz.com/2022/08/22/mat…

My @UWMadison (& @IRP_UW) mentor and friend Robert (Bob) Haveman passed away last week. Bob was a major influence in my life and I'll miss him. I've written a short memorial to him on my site. | policyviz.com/2022/06/29/in-…

What are Senators Saying About the Uvalde, Texas School Shooting? A new analysis using Twitter data. | policyviz.com/2022/06/06/wha…

Need even more hockey data? Here's a behind-the-scenes look at how I collected, analyzed, and visualized data on @NHL goalie height and weight (plus other stuff). | policyviz.com/2022/02/23/the…

🏒🏒I had a lot of fun with this post on @NHL data that looks at goalie height & weight during Wayne Gretzky's and @ovi8's careers. Hopefully, I did @JoeBpXp, @Laughlin18, @JunksRadio, & @granthpaulsen proud. | policyviz.com/2022/02/23/ove…

Do data visualization awards separate the data from the design? New blog post on some reservations about #dataviz awards. | policyviz.com/2022/02/17/sho…

What (free!) #dataviz blogs, newsletters, places to practice, examples, and tools do I use? Check out this annotated list. (with s/o to @AnnKEmery, @flowingdata, @pbump, @storywithdata, @_cingraham, and many more). | policyviz.com/2022/02/14/fre…

Do you like to use diverging color palettes in your #dataviz? Make sure you're using them correctly and are labeling the midpoint. Some thoughts in a much too long post. | policyviz.com/2022/02/07/you…