Good Charts, Updated and Expanded

The ultimate guide to data visualization and information design for business.

Making good charts is a must-have skill for managers today. The vast amount of data that drives business isn''t useful if you can''t communicate the valuable ideas contained in that data—the threats, the opportunities, the hidden trends, the future possibilities.

But many think that data visualization is too difficult—a specialist skill that''s either the province of data scientists and complex software packages or the domain of professional designers and their visual creativity.

Not so. Anyone can learn to produce quality "dataviz" and, more broadly, clear and effective information design. Good Charts will show you how to do it.

In this updated and expanded edition, dataviz expert Scott Berinato provides all you need for turning those ordinary charts kicked out of a spreadsheet program into extraordinary visuals that captivate and persuade your aud