3 Signs You're Working with a Dead-End Dataset Every dataset that you work with is imperfect. There are always limitations, but if you take the time to understand the limitations, then you’ll be able to quickly move on from a dead-end dataset or provide the appropriate caveats in your analysis and presentations. This [...]
An Illustrated Guide to Data Literacy: Percent Change + Percentage Points Welcome back to our comic series that explores a range of data literacy concepts. We follow Becky, who describes herself as a bit data-phobic, as she navigates tricky situations at her new job. She'll learn to create effective charts, grasp statistical [...]
How to Annotate Like a Designer Do you wish the text in your charts looked more refined? I’ll show you how to make your annotations look more professionally designed with a few small tweaks using PowerPoint. Once you see these tweaks in action, you’ll begin to make these refinements more naturally just like [...]
An Illustrated Guide to Data Literacy: Base Rate Fallacy Welcome back to our comic series that explores a range of data literacy concepts. We follow Becky, who describes herself as a bit data-phobic, as she navigates tricky situations at her new job. She'll learn to create effective charts, grasp statistical concepts, and [...]
How to Make an Interactive Map with No Code Do you want to create your own interactive maps, but you don’t know where to start? I’m here to help! Let me show you how to make a map using Flourish Studio. We’ll go from spreadsheet to polished map that’s ready to embed [...]
An Illustrated Guide to Data Literacy: Bias in Research Welcome back to our comic series that explores a range of data literacy concepts. We follow Becky, who describes herself as a bit data-phobic, as she navigates tricky situations at her new job. She'll learn to create effective charts, grasp statistical concepts, and [...]
An Illustrated Guide to Data Literacy: Pie Charts Welcome to our new comic series that explores a range of data literacy concepts. We follow Becky, who describes herself as a bit data-phobic, as she navigates tricky situations at her new job. She'll learn to create effective charts, grasp statistical concepts and confidently [...]
How to Make a Beeswarm Plot in RAWGraphs and Then Edit in PowerPoint Do you want to create more complex chart types, but you feel like you don’t have the skills or the time to learn a new tool? I’m here to help! Let me show you how to make a beeswarm [...]
The Difference Between “Prevalence” and “Incidence” and Why We Care Have you heard the terms “prevalence” and “incidence” in the news lately? What’s the difference between them and why does it matter? TL;DR Prevalence: Number of people in a population who have a disease or other health outcome at one point in [...]
Pivot Into a Data Career: How My Journey Can Help You Start Yours Alli Torban is a contributor to Data Literacy LLC. She’s an Information Design Consultant based in Washington, D.C. and hosts the podcast Data Viz Today. Alli specializes in designing data visualizations for industry experts to help get their work seen [...]