Graphics Reference
In-Depth Information
Image from "Political Moneyball" (
http://graphics.wsj.com/political-moneyball/#
),
created by Andrew Garcia Phillips and Sarah Slobin of the Wall Street Journal
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Labels
: In the interactive section, we discussed the potential of labels to
reveal extra details about data values. As we see in the previous project,
labeling is an incredibly simple but useful device to help explain matters.
Often, these are hidden and interactively revealed through selection or
by hovering.
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Captions and narrative
: In addition to the potential use of the title to offer
a key headline, sometimes you may wish to surface important insights and
findings to help fast-track the reader's interpretation process. You might
draw out the good and the bad or maybe the expected or unexpected. You
should also consider the potential value, in certain projects, of the "what
next?" question—what should the user do with this information? what
actions need to be taken?
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