What's a horizon chart and how to present one effectively

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@storytellingwithdata 2 жыл бұрын

One technique was starting with a simple bar chart and then morphing into a horizon chart. This idea of starting simple and getting more complex is a great way to introduce unfamiliar charts, especially with the opportunity of a live presentation. What other strategies could you spot?

@MichHawkeye 4 ай бұрын

Excellent demonstration of a complicated chart. Great work!

@storytellingwithdata 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for the kind words. Glad you enjoyed watching :-)

@tobiaslundborg2073 2 жыл бұрын

Great! I went from a "No" to a "Yes" in a few minutes.

@mosesletting Жыл бұрын

This is absolutely brilliant

@SpotlightImpact 2 жыл бұрын

Love this so much! Thank you. Is it necessary to keep the y-axis at 3% when we have the legend color-coding % loss/surplus?

@storytellingwithdata 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! As this is a more novel chart type the extra information the axis provides is probably beneficial. If the slides are being viewed outside of a live presentation, without the ability to walk the audience through the content, it also helps with that additional frame of reference.

@corey9797 Жыл бұрын

The y-axis range goes to 3%, but the color scale to 9%. So there's confusion leading to supposing that one of the scales is incorrect and the viewer will spend the timefiguring out which one. Second, people best interpret lengths, then areas, the colors. This is why in every video (including on this channel) it's advocated for bar charts instead of pie charts. But this 'horizon chart' uses color to convey the clou of the data - contrary to any recommendations in data viz, and it puts additional burden on the viewer: 'that's 2%, but it's black, so it's above 6%, so it's 2%+6%=8%'... Just tell the viewer 'that's 8%'. Playing this video backwards would reconstruct this 'horizon chart', using principles of data viz, into the... bar chart you started with. Don't fix it if it's not broken.