Data for Decisions

About this book

A figure that changes no decision is a cost, not information.

This book covers choosing what to measure, building the dashboard and — the harder part — interpreting what it shows you.

What you will learn

• Settle the question before building the report
• Clean and arrange data that arrived in a mess
• Choose the right chart for the question being asked
• Build dashboards people genuinely consult
• Be suspicious of a number that looks too good

Contents

1. The question comes before the chart
2. Getting the data in order
3. Choosing the chart
4. Building the dashboard
5. Reading with scepticism
6. Taking the number into the room

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