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Some thoughts about tools

Some thoughts about tools

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Some thoughts about tools

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- [Instructor] You're a data analyst. You have your tools. You're probably working in SPSS or Stata or R or whatever. You're working in tools that are built for your data, right? But you may or may not be working in tools built to make beautiful and simple graphic displays of that data. In this movie, I'm going to talk briefly about tools and how to use them and think about them, as well as to try to introduce you to some tools and functionality that you may or may not be aware of. First, let's talk about the standbys that you're likely using. Whether you're in Excel, Stata, SPSS, or another tool, you can and probably already do generate your own charts and graphs. This is what you do all day long, right? Okay, but here's the thing, many of those tools, by default, don't follow the rules I'm laying out for how to design effective charts and graphs. The default colors tend to be overwhelming, the axes are overemphasized,…

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