
The Big Picture: How to Use Data Visualization to Make Better Decisions-Faster
Steve Wexler(Author)
McGraw-Hill Education (Publisher)
Published on 4. June 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-1-260-47352-0 (ISBN)
Description
Not a data expert? Here's an engaging and entertaining guide to interpreting and drawing insights from any chart, graph, or other data visualization you'll encounter.
You're a business professional, not a data scientist. How do you make heads or tails of the data visualizations that come across your desk-let alone make critical business decisions based on the information they're designed to convey?
In The Big Picture, top data visualization consultant Steve Wexler provides the tools for developing the graphical literacy you need to understand the data visualizations that are flooding your inbox-and put that data to use. Packed with the best four-color examples created in Excel, Tableau, Power BI, and Qlik, among others, this one-stop resource empowers you to extract the most important information from data visualizations quickly and accurately, act on key insights, solve problems, and make the right decisions for your organization every time.
You're a business professional, not a data scientist. How do you make heads or tails of the data visualizations that come across your desk-let alone make critical business decisions based on the information they're designed to convey?
In The Big Picture, top data visualization consultant Steve Wexler provides the tools for developing the graphical literacy you need to understand the data visualizations that are flooding your inbox-and put that data to use. Packed with the best four-color examples created in Excel, Tableau, Power BI, and Qlik, among others, this one-stop resource empowers you to extract the most important information from data visualizations quickly and accurately, act on key insights, solve problems, and make the right decisions for your organization every time.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
OH
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
225 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 185 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
538 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-260-47352-0 (9781260473520)
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E-Book
05/2021
1st Edition
McGraw Hill LLC
€73.99
Available for download
Person
Steve Wexler is the founder of Data Revelations, a data visualization consultancy. His clients include Johnson & Johnson, Comcast, The Economist, Stanford University, ExxonMobil, Axios, FreddieMac, Ohio State University, Gallup, McKinsey & Company, Warner Media, ADP, NextEra Energy, and dozens more. He served as Director of Research for The Institute for Corporate Productivity and The eLearning Guild, and he was founder and CEO of WexTech Systems, creators of Doc-To-Help and AnswerWorks. Wexler has taught thousands of business professionals and is known for conducting his workshops with clarity, patience, and humor.