1. © Keith Vander Linden, 1999 “A picture is worth a thousand words”

2. © Keith Vander Linden, 1999 from The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, Edward Tufte, 1983

3. © Keith Vander Linden, 1999 from The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, Edward Tufte, 1983

4. © Keith Vander Linden, 1999 from The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, Edward Tufte, 1983

5. © Keith Vander Linden, 1999 from The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, Edward Tufte, 1983

6. © Keith Vander Linden, 1999 from Exploring Microsoft Excel 97, Grauer & Barber, 1998

7. © Keith Vander Linden, 1999 from Exploring Microsoft Excel 97, Grauer & Barber, 1998

8. © Keith Vander Linden, 1999 Lying graphics cheapen the graphical art everywhere … When a chart on television lies, it lies millions of times over; when a New York Times chart lies, it lies 900,000 times over to a great many important and influential readers. - Edward Tufte

9. © Keith Vander Linden, 1999 Using Graphics Properly Let the graphic values/change accurately depict the data values/change. Clearly label all relevant details. Don’t graphically mix dissimilar elements. Use the right type of graph.

10. © Keith Vander Linden, 1999 Chart Types Pie charts Column/bar charts Data tables Maps