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The Process See More →

Making of: Salary and Occupation beeswarm charts

Data with missing information

Visualization Tools and Resources – August 2025

Visualization editing

Careless chart mistakes

Courses See More →

Visualization for Clarity

Help people understand what data has to say, because it rarely speaks for itself.

Visualization in R

Start with the basics, and then work your way up to more advanced methods.

Mapping Geographic Data in R, with ggplot2

Work with geographic data and make all the maps.

Tutorials See More →

How to Make a Cartogram with Packed Circles in R

Make the Chart: Interactive Line Chart with Ghost Trails

Make the Chart: Scaled Squares with Color Bands

How to Make Unit-Based, Variable Width Bar Charts

How I Made That: Network Diagrams of All the Household Types

Visualization Guides See More →

Defense Against Dishonest Charts

Why Line Chart Baselines Can Start at Non-Zero

Ask the Question, Visualize the Answer

Visualizing Patterns on Repeat