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The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, 2nd edition

90 reviews
Edward R. Tufte

Graphics Press, 2001

An inspirational experience
Everybody should read a book like "The Visual Display of Quantitative Information" and I do not mean the professionals in the field but really everybody. Tufte really opens your mind and makes you aware of the possibly malevolent or just misleading representations of data we are faced with every day on magazines, newspapers, TV and the web.

Envisioning Information

49 reviews
Edward R. Tufte

Graphics Press, 1990

Another Good Tufte Book
This book is about telling a story. Tufte has selected a collection of the most beautiful charts. He then presents each chart design and argues the qualities and defects in each and how sometimes small differences can be used to distort the numbers. If you were to buy a single Tufte book then I'd recommend his other book "Visual Display of Quantitative Information". But if you have a few bucks to ...

THE VISUAL DISPLAY OF QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION BY EDWARD R. TUFTE 1983
EDWARD R. TUFTE

GRAPHICS PRESS, 1983

Visual & Statistical Thinking: Displays of Evidence for Decision Making

14 reviews
Edward R. Tufte

Graphics Press, 1997

Superb analytical writing
Tufte is a master of laying out the problem, revealing misguided analysis used in the two studies that he dissects and then shows how to better interpret the data. I found myself slowing down my usual reading speed to half and doubling my concentration to follow him, which is a compliment to the depth of his writing. Tufte is concise and a well-regarded authority on the methods to describe, ...

Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative

35 reviews
Edward R. Tufte

Graphics Press, 1997

A must-read for anybody with something to tell
In this book, an expert of visual explanations uses visual explanations to tell us his ideas how to use visual cues to explain concepts, quantities, timelines etc. Tufte, with his eternal self-confidence and succinct prose gives good examples and shows how a good image can be better; gives bad examples and has no hesitation to call something (even authorities' products) 'ghastly' or 'nightmare'. ...

Political Control of the Economy
Edward R. Tufte

Princeton University Press, 1980

The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint: Pitching Out Corrupts Within, Second Edition

41 reviews
Edward R. Tufte

Graphics Press, 2006

Standard issue
Reading and adherence to the guidelines in this handy little tome should be standard operating practice for all who prepare presentations for an audience - be it a classroom, board of directors or jury.

Data Analysis for Politics and Policy

1 review
Edward R. Tufte

Prentice Hall College Div, 1974

Clear exposition and nascent use of clear graphics
Prior to becoming THE authority on the graphic display of quantitative information, Edward Tufte was a political scientist of the first order, an excellent statistician and a teacher par excellence. This slim volume is one of the clearest introduction to the use of regression analysis one could hope to find. I used it extensively in graduate school and have consulted frequently since. The ...

Beautiful Evidence

40 reviews
Edward R. Tufte

Graphics Press, 2006

Great for the Undergraduate Classroom
Edward Tufte is a Yale political scientist turned information architect who brings 1500 years of analytic design together (including the histories of science and art) to create a very unique presentation that ET delivers in person each year to packed houses in large cities. He is known for his intense criticism of PowerPoint and his work on the Columbia Accident Investigation Board that ...