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How Not Knowing Pie Charts Makes You a #DataViz Rookie

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If I live to be 115 years old, I’ll never understand why consultants use pie charts. Your chance of doing them wrong is greater than doing them right. At the SAS Global Forum last week, I was delighted to hear several others telling me how much they hated pie charts and we agreed, they need to be stomped out – we are forming a #DataVizArmy …

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Data Visualization is on Tap at #SASGF15

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This post first appeared on The 10 Minute SAS Coach site.  Thanks Guy Garrett for contributing to BI-Notes.

The SAS Global Forum is an event where SAS professionals from around the world meet once a year to see the latest R&D from SAS Institute, discuss current trends in Business Intelligence, Analytics and Big Data, and hear papers from colleagues on all manner of subjects ranging from Arrays …

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6 Tips for Data Visualization from a Floral Designer

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You never know where you will find inspiration. This past weekend I attended the NC Museum of Art Art in Bloom Festival.  The idea is that local floral designers use a museum masterpiece to draw inspiration for a floral design. [More: WRAL video about event] It was incredible to see how someone could paint with flowers. Turns out there are many Art in Bloom events like …

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