With Halloween right around the corner, it's time to decide what costume to wear. The National Retail Federation did a survey to find out the popular costumes this year, and I thought it would be fun to explore and visualize the results of that survey. The survey asked three questions:
When I was growing up in the Midwest (Columbia, MO, to be precise), flavored potato chips were a favorite of mine. Though I preferred sour cream and onion, barbecue would do in a pinch. Imagine my delight, then, when my colleague Ryan Lekivetz informed me that our neighbors to the
JMP Director of R&D and data visualization expert Xan Gregg gives a keynote speech at Discovery Summit 2015 in San Diego, California, titled "All Graphs Are Wrong, But Yours Can Be Useful." Gregg, creator of Graph Builder in JMP, talks about how understanding visual perception can help us make more
In my previous post, I shared several Graph Builder graphs of the muscle quality and body fat percentage data I’ve been getting from my Skulpt Aim. However, since the post was already long, I didn’t have a chance to include any instructions on how to recreate those graphs. In case
In my last post, I mentioned that I have recently acquired several new quantified-self devices, including the Skulpt Aim. These new devices and the data from them have brought me greater opportunities to think more deeply about measurement systems. When I begin using a new self-tracking device, I have the same
“I love being able to tell my students that if they learn JMP, it will be a skill they can put on their resume that will set them apart from other applicants.” -- Mary Ann Shifflet, Professor, Romain College of Business, University of Southern Indiana Beyond Spreadsheets is a blog
“Spreadsheets are familiar tools, which are relatively simple to use. However, the downside is that they result in fragmented thinking.” -- Ken Franklin, Performance Measurement Program Manager, Highway Division of Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) JMP customers use an array of tools and processes for exploratory data analysis to make
I recently attended the QS15 Quantified Self Conference and Expo in San Francisco. This three-day event brought self-tracking technology providers together with users who are actively collecting and analyzing their own data. The conference is organized by QS Labs, a Bay area company founded by Kevin Kelly and Gary Wolf. These two Wired
When dealing with graphs and plots, we will very likely need to fill colors in a graph to highlight an area or distinguish it from other shapes. You may know how to shade regular shapes, but what about irregular polygons and contours? You can do can this easily to any
I’ve been asked three times this year about how to make a graph in JMP with an axis break. Before I show how, I want to ask “Why?” The obvious answer to “Why?” is “to show items with very different values in one graph,” but that’s a little unsatisfying. I