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Sprinklr Inadvertently Demonstrates the Importance of Data Labels

September 14, 2021 Nate Elliott
Seven bar charts with almost no labels. Image source: Sprinklr blog

Seven bar charts with almost no labels. Image source: Sprinklr blog

Software vendor Sprinklr went public in June, and is now valued at $4.5 billion. But the company recently published a pile of data charts without labels, and those aren’t worth a dime.

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In Depicting Data
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The Golden Rule of Charts and Graphs

September 8, 2021 Nate Elliott
Image credit: Excerpt from Unlucky Haiti (1981-2010) by Jer Thorp | CC BY-SA 2.0

Image credit: Excerpt from Unlucky Haiti (1981-2010) by Jer Thorp | CC BY-SA 2.0

When I help clients build data graphics I give the same advice over and over. I've come to think of it as the Golden Rule of Charts and Graphs:

Display all the data you need to tell an honest story, and no more.

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In Depicting Data
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Introducing the Good Data Project

September 7, 2021 Nate Elliott
Image credit: Some cheerful data by dirkcuys | CC BY-SA 2.0

Image credit: Some cheerful data by dirkcuys | CC BY-SA 2.0

I can’t think of anything more important than data. Good data tells stories that illuminate the world around us. Bad data confuses and obscures.

Unfortunately there’s a lot more bad data in the world than good.

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In Explaining Data, Depicting Data, Collecting Data
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