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Stephen Few has has been an inspiration to us through the years. He has patiently prodded software companies to improve their tools for visual presentation of information, motivated by the sincere hope to improve the world we all live in.

At Freakalytics, we incorporate his content alongside our presentations, with great impact. We agree with Stephen, becoming a great data analyst requires a mixture of passion for helping others, good data, good tools and sound analytic principles applied to the question at hand.

Here’s a few of our favorite articles from Stephen’s site, enjoy!

Graph Design IQ Test- Interactive
http://www.perceptualedge.com/files/GraphDesignIQ.html

Data Visualization That Sets the Bar High
http://www.perceptualedge.com/articles/visual_business_intelligence/data-viz_that_sets_the_bar.pdf

Graph Selection Matrix
http://www.perceptualedge.com/articles/misc/Graph_Selection_Matrix.pdf

Designing Effective Tables and Graphs
http://www.perceptualedge.com/images/Effective_Chart_Design.pdf

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Posted on March 4th, 2010 by Stephen McDaniel