The Wall Street Journal Guide to Information Graphics – The Dos and Don′ts of Presenting Data, Facts and Figures - Hardcover

Wong, Dona

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0393072959 ISBN 13: 9780393072952

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2010

Synopsis

The Wall Street Journal Guide to Information Graphics Suitable for the average PowerPoint users as well as the sophisticated professionals, this guide to executing graphics shows how to use different techniques to convey messages eloquently and effectively.

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We live in an increasingly data-driven world, and Dona Wong does a masterful job of explaining how to make data come alive and tell the truth in an engaging way. --Mark Zandi, chief economist, Moody s Economy.com

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Advance Praise for The Wall Street Journal Guide to Information Graphics:

“An essential reference for anyone who needs to effectively convey quantitative information using graphs. Everyone will learn something from reading this book.”--Joseph Tracy, executive vice president and director of research, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

“We live in an increasingly data-driven world, and Dona Wong does a masterful job of explaining how to make data come alive and tell the truth in an engaging way.”--Mark Zandi, chief economist, Moody's Economy.com

“Dona Wong's professional advice advances the art of information graphics.”--Gene Zelazny, director of visual communications, McKinsey & Company

“Software has made it wonderfully easy to produce graphs and charts to illustrate everything from your company's capital expenditures to your daughter's science project. Trouble is, the software won't stop you from making bad graphics. This book will.”--Paul Steiger, editor in chief of ProPublica, former managing editor of The Wall Street Journal

“Dona Wong's outstanding new book artfully blends lessons on data analysis and graphic design. She shows us how to make our complex, confusing graphs and presentations both simple and powerful.”--Peter Tufano, Sylvan C. Coleman Professor of Financial Management, Harvard Business School

“An invaluable tool for people from all walks of life--not just designers. Dona Wong has created a practical, clearly illustrated guide that demonstrates information design principles and techniques through numerous dos and don'ts.”--Alan Siegel, chairman and CEO, Siegel+Gale, and best-selling author of The Wall Street Journal Guide to Understanding Money and Markets|Advance Praise for The Wall Street Journal Guide to Information Graphics:“An essential reference for anyone who needs to effectively convey quantitative information using graphs. Everyone will learn something from reading this book.”—Joseph Tracy, executive vice president and director of research, Federal Reserve Bank of New York“We live in an increasingly data-driven world, and Dona Wong does a masterful job of explaining how to make data come alive and tell the truth in an engaging way.”—Mark Zandi, chief economist, Moody’s Economy.com“Dona Wong’s professional advice advances the art of information graphics.”—Gene Zelazny, director of visual communications, McKinsey & Company“Software has made it wonderfully easy to produce graphs and charts to illustrate everything from your company’s capital expenditures to your daughter’s science project. Trouble is, the software won’t stop you from making bad graphics. This book will.”—Paul Steiger, editor in chief of ProPublica, former managing editor of The Wall Street Journal“Dona Wong’s outstanding new book artfully blends lessons on data analysis and graphic design. She shows us how to make our complex, confusing graphs and presentations both simple and powerful.”—Peter Tufano, Sylvan C. Coleman Professor of Financial Management, Harvard Business School“An invaluable tool for people from all walks of life—not just designers. Dona Wong has created a practical, clearly illustrated guide that demonstrates information design principles and techniques through numerous dos and don’ts.”—Alan Siegel, chairman and CEO, Siegel+Gale, and best-selling author of The Wall Street Journal Guide to Understanding Money and Markets

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0393072959
• ISBN 13: 9780393072952
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 160