Show Me the Numbers: Designing Tables and Graphs to Enlighten

Author(s): Stephen Few

Difference between 2nd and 1st editions
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Key differences between 2nd and 1st editions

Time lapse between current and previous publications: 7 years (2012 vs 2004).
The Second edition of Few's Show Me the Numbers improves on the first by polishing the content, updating figures, and adding 91 more pages of content.
New preface.
Chapter 3 presents new discussion "Choosing the best medium of communication".
New Chapter 12 "Silly Graphs That Are Best Forsaken" alerts readers to some of the current misuses of graphs such as donut charts, circle charts, unit charts, and funnel charts.
New Chapter 13 "Telling Compelling Stories with Numbers" on quantitative narrative.
New Appendices "Constructing Table Lens Displays in Excel" and "Constructing Box Plots in Excel, Useful Color Palettes".

2nd Edition of
Show Me the Numbers: Designing Tables and Graphs to Enlighten

Hardcover, 371 pages

ISBN-10: 0970601972
ISBN-13: 9780970601971
Published by: Analytics Press, June 01, 2012

1st Edition of
Show Me the Numbers: Designing Tables and Graphs to Enlighten

Hardcover, 280 pages

ISBN-10: 0970601999
ISBN-13: 9780970601995
Published by: Analytics Press, September 01, 2004