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Now You See it:

Simple Visualization Techniques for Quantitative Analysis
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ANALYTICS Press, 2009 - Business & Economics - 327 pages

This companion to Show Me the Numbers teaches the fundamental principles and practices of quantitative data analysis. Employing a methodology that is primarily learning by example and ?thinking with our eyes,” this manual features graphs and practical analytical techniques that can be applied to a broad range of data analysis tools?including the most commonly used Microsoft Excel. This approach is particularly valuable to those who need to make sense of quantitative business data by discerning meaningful patterns, trends, relationships, and exceptions that reveal business performance, potential problems and opportunities, and hints about the future. It provides practical skills that are useful to managers at all levels and to those interested in keeping a keen eye on their business.

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Review: Now You See It: Simple Visualization Techniques for Quantitative Analysis

User Review  - Robert - Goodreads

A good overview of different ways of visually analyzing data. Essentially an instruction manual what good data products should include to help end users, and what end users should be looking for in ... Read full review

Review: Now You See It: Simple Visualization Techniques for Quantitative Analysis

User Review  - Nathanael Boehm - Goodreads

A beautiful, well-designed and illustrated guide to all things data visualisation and using data viz in quantitative analysis to help communicate information and identify trends that would be ... Read full review

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About the author (2009)

Stephen Few is the author of Information Dashboard Design: The Effective Visual Communication of Data, Show Me the Numbers: Designing Tables and Graphs to Enlighten, and the monthly Visual Business Intelligence newsletter. He has worked for more than 25 years as an information technology innovator, teacher, and consultant. As the principal of the consultancy Perceptual Edge, he focuses on practical uses of data visualization to explore, analyze, and present quantitative business information. He lives in Berkeley, California.

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