Advance Praise for The Wall Street Journal Guide to Information Graphics: 'eoeAn essential reference for anyone who needs to effectively convey quantitative information using graphs. Everyone will learn something from reading this book.'e'e"Joseph Tracy, executive vice president and director of research, Federal Reserve Bank of New York 'eoeWe live in an increasingly data-driven world, and Dona Wong does a masterful job of explaining how to make data come alive and tell the truth in an engaging way.'e'e"Mark Zandi, chief economist, Moody'e(tm)s Economy.com 'eoeDona Wong'e(tm)s professional advice advances the art of information graphics.'e'e"Gene Zelazny, director of visual communications, McKinsey & Company 'eoeSoftware has made it wonderfully easy to produce graphs and charts to illustrate everything from your company'e(tm)s capital expenditures to your daughter'e(tm)s science project. Trouble is, the software won'e(tm)t stop you from making bad graphics. This book will.

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