This workbook is intended for business analysts who wish to improve
their skills in creating data visuals, presentations, and report
illustrations used to support business decisions. It is a qualitative
lab to develop the power of visualization and discrimination. It does
not require the reader to modify charts, but to analyze and describe
what would improve charts. In a set of controlled exercises, the reader
is taken through the eighteen elements of six dimensions of analyzing
and improving charts, visuals and reports used to communicate business
concepts. Includes companion files with videos, sample files, and slides
used in examples from thebook.
Features:
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Includes eighteen labs, three for each of the six major dimensions of
data visuals: Story, Signs, Purpose, Perception, Method, and Charts
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Uses a comprehensive RAIKS (Rapid Assessment of Individual Knowledge
and Skills) survey to judge readers' progress before and after using
the text
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Provides a capstone exercise to review the aggregate analysis and
final results for the two analyzed charts
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Companion files that include video tutorials and all of the sample
files and templates used in the book's examples
The companion files are available online by emailing the publisher with
proof of purchase at info@merclearning.com.
