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In 1984 William S. Cleveland and Robert McGill took on “graphic perception” by testing how well people could decipher simple charts.
Scott Berinato • Good Charts
A good metric is one that’s easy to understand at a glance. Don’t overwhelm people with a firehose of numbers. They’ll
Alistair Croll • Lean Analytics: Use Data to Build a Better Startup Faster (Lean (O'Reilly))
comparisons between figures with small differences are meaningless. You must always keep that plus-or-minus in mind, even (or especially) when it is not stated.
Darrell Huff • How to Lie with Statistics
What about confusing clutter? Information overload? Doesn't data have to be "boiled down" and "simplified"? These common questions miss the point, for the quantity of detail is an issue completely separate from the difficulty of reading. Clutter and confusion are failures of design, not attributes of information .
Edward Tufte • Envisioning Information
that is, as horror vacui increases, perceived value decreases.
William Lidwell, Kritina Holden, Jill Butler • Universal Principles of Design, Revised and Updated: 125 Ways to Enhance Usability, Influence Perception, Increase Appeal, Make Better Design Decisions, and Teach through Design
clutter is your enemy!
Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic • Storytelling With Data
The right content is less than you think it is,
Julie Dirksen • Design for How People Learn (Voices That Matter)
But the secret of good writing is to strip every sentence to its cleanest components.
William Zinsser • On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction
We’ve been conditioned to view information through a consumerist lens: that more is better, without limit.