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Sep 19, 20234 min read

Book Review: Making Numbers Count: The Art and Science of Communicating Numbers

Making Numbers Count is a book that addresses an important topic, communicating numbers in ways that the average person can understand.

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May 14, 20237 min read

Book Review: Data Visualization Handbook,by Juuso Koponen and Jonatan Hildén

Data Visualization Handbook (2019), by Juuso Koponen and Jonatan Hildén, two Finnish academic authors, is a refreshing and welcome addition

Jan 20, 20236 min read

Book Review: Storytelling with You: Plan, Create, and Deliver a Stellar Presentation, by Cole Nussba

Knaflic deconstructs presentations into three easy-to-remember phases: Plan, Create, and Deliver. She covers the complete presentation proce

Nov 24, 20214 min read

Book Review: How to Lie with Statistics, by Darrell Huff

If you can’t prove what you want to prove, demonstrate something else and pretend that they are the same thing. In the daze that follows...

Sep 13, 20214 min read

Book Review: The Data Detective: Ten Easy Rules to Make Sense of Statistics, by Tim Harford

Good statistics are like a telescope for an astronomer, a microscope for a bacteriologist, or an X-ray for a radiologist. If we are...

Aug 12, 20212 min read

Housing Data Project

We recently released a final report, prepared by Allen Lang and Frances Astorian, from a Housing Data Project analyzing the change in...

Jun 21, 20212 min read

Morning, Noon and Night: Persistent Brainstorming Leads to Greater Creative Performance

Whether you’re a prospective fellow or an employee at an innovative company, developing solutions to complex problems is essential

Jun 10, 20215 min read

Book Review: Visualizing with Text, by Richard Brath

Visualizing with Text (2020), by Richard Brath (Partner at Uncharted Software, Inc.) is an intriguing addition to the data visualization...

Apr 19, 20215 min read

Book Review: Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men, by Caroline Criado Perez

One of the most important things to say about the gender data gap is that it is not generally malicious, or even deliberate. Quite the...