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plots with dots!
Data Viz Challenge, SWDchallenge Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic 8/21/18 Data Viz Challenge, SWDchallenge Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic 8/21/18

plots with dots!

More than 50 dot plots were shared in August, with many depicting point in time and group comparisons for topics in sports, pop culture, and a number of real world work examples. See a ton of varied design approaches and a deluge of dots!

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May #SWDchallenge recap: the waterfall chart
SWDchallenge, Data Viz Challenge Elizabeth Ricks 5/15/18 SWDchallenge, Data Viz Challenge Elizabeth Ricks 5/15/18

May #SWDchallenge recap: the waterfall chart

45 people shared their waterfall creations in May, with huge variety of tools and more business-related topics than recent challenges. Click the link to see the full recap post, including each submission and related commentary.

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Data Viz Challenge, SWDchallenge Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic 1/2/18 Data Viz Challenge, SWDchallenge Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic 1/2/18

introducing the 2018 #SWDchallenge

The inaugural challenge was an annotated line graph. Lines are most often used with continuous data: days, months, quarters, years. Click the link below to see the full details, including an example and submission instructions.

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Data Viz Challenge Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic 11/27/17 Data Viz Challenge Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic 11/27/17

use cases for stacked bars

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Data Viz Challenge Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic 11/14/17 Data Viz Challenge Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic 11/14/17

making a case for stacked bars

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Data Viz Challenge Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic 10/9/17 Data Viz Challenge Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic 10/9/17

how you would visualize hurricanes

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Data Viz Challenge Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic 9/13/17 Data Viz Challenge Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic 9/13/17

how would you show this data?

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Data Viz Challenge Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic 8/19/15 Data Viz Challenge Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic 8/19/15

and the winner is...

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Data Viz Challenge Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic 8/3/15 Data Viz Challenge Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic 8/3/15

visualization challenge: world population forecast

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