Chuck Pirrello is Product Manager for JMP, a business unit of SAS. He helps direct the development and marketing of JMP’s interactive data visualization and exploration capabilities. Before joining the JMP division, Pirrello was responsible for marketing Business Scorecard and Dashboard solutions for SAS. Earlier, he worked for Hyperion and Comshare, vendors of financial and business intelligence software. He has more than 20 years of experience in finance, consulting and product management.
Like many people, I've been closely following news of the European debt crisis. While no one knows what would happen if any European country actually defaults, speculation is rampant. However, I haven’t come across any visuals that adequately show the scope of the situation and how one country's default would affect
When JMP has to put categorical values in order, such as in table rows or a graph axis, it will use alphabetical order if there is no order defined for the column. JMP knows about the order of a few common categorical values, such as month names and Likert scale
I have always been interested in studies that rank US cities according to a variety of attributes. It’s one reason I was drawn to the Raleigh, North Carolina, area more than a decade ago. These studies typically rate cities based on income, job growth, taxes, crime, etc. Kiplinger, a Washington,
One of the biggest challenges for Microsoft Excel users is modifying their Excel spreadsheets so the data can be properly analyzed in JMP. Below is an example of data an Excel user sent me: He asked how he could produce the above graph in JMP. The majority of Excel users
Bubble plots in JMP are a great way to see how values change over time. But they also allow for the viewer to see so many variables (or dimensions) at one glance. So they can be a valuable visualization tool to view data without a time dimension. Think of that
I'm at SAS Global Forum this week in Seattle, where I'm doing a couple of Super Demos on Visual Analytics and presenting a data visualization paper. In preparation for the conference and my paper, I looked into the term "Visual Analytics." In 2004, the US Department of Homeland Security chartered
A colleague recently sent me a link to a Stubborn Mule blog post titled “Pyramid Perversion – More Junk Charts.” The author refers to a graphic (shown below) that came from the Consumerist. The Stubborn Mule author had a number of problems with it. I have even more. The graphic
You’d have to be living in the most desolate areas of the globe not to feel the onslaught of information clamoring for our attention. In the midst of it all, there are pieces that inform and enlighten, but most information is just noise. Those of us who spend time on
In his August 10 blog post, Stephen Few, a widely recognized expert on data visualization and founder of Perceptual Edge, shares his insight into the graphic capabilities of soon-to-be-released Excel 2010. Steve had viewed this upcoming version with great anticipation, for he had been disappointed with Excel 2007’s graphic capabilities.
“Now You See It” is data visualization expert Stephen Few’s new book, explaining how to use simple visual techniques for quantitative analysis. In this textbook-sized offering, Stephen explores one of the more overlooked aspects of analysis: the graphic representation of information. Stephen lays the foundation for good visual analysis in