I’ve been in love with diverging stacked bar charts since I saw Joe Mako’s submission to Cole Nussbaumer’s dataviz challenge last December. Joe made this contest-winning chart. But in Tableau! The amazing but expensive software! Could I ever create one in Excel?! Yes! Luckily I’d…
Last week I shared strategies for improving any chart’s colors. One of the examples was a diverging stacked bar chart: I love stacked bar charts because they’re pretty versatile, and because they’re a great chart for lots of evaluation and survey data. In my example,…
Two weeks ago, I challenged readers to re-create the “after” version of a small multiples bar chart. You can read the full post here. Congratulations to the 6 contestants! Click on the contestant’s name to see their chart. James Coyle Sara Vaca Elisa Avila Angie…
Two weeks ago, I challenged readers to re-create the “after” version of a side by side bar chart. You can read the full post here. Congratulations to the 9 contestants! Click on the contestant’s name to see their chart. Regan Grandy Sara Vaca Alex Kadis…
Two weeks ago, I challenged readers to re-create the “after” version of a basic bar chart. You can read the full post here. Congratulations to the 9 winners: Molly Hamm, David Napoli, Susan Kistler, Jon Schwabish, Ethan, Mike, Sara Vaca, Samantha Grant, and Kevin Gilds! You’ve…