CHAPTER 4 BETTER CHARTS IN A COUPLE OF HOURS A SIMPLE FRAMEWORK
MOST OF THE STRESS we feel about creating charts relates to picking the right kind of chart, which often amounts to scanning preset options in a software program and trying out a few until one looks right or just seems pleasing. If you have time, you might adorn it with a few more clicks—make it 3-D or change some colors. The tools make it so easy to produce a visualization that the biggest challenge in crafting good charts is overcoming the inclination—temptation, really—to just click and use what’s spit out. It seems hardly worth putting more time and effort into the process.
Of course, that’s flat wrong. That approach might be fast, and it might spruce up the look of a chart, ...
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