Quick reference for graph and dashboard design
Freakalytics has published to Amazon, Android and iPhone a new quick reference for building better graphs and dashboards. Note that the iPhone and Android apps are now released: search for “Rapid...
View ArticleState of Washington government salaries from 2010, search all 160,000 employees
State of Washington government salary information is now available at WashingtonGovernmentSalaries.com. The dashboard is fully searchable by agency, job title and employee using a dashboard developed...
View ArticleQuick tutorial on reference lines, bands and distributions – visual analytics...
The following article features Tableau 6 Reference lines, bands or distributions may be added to your views to emphasize particular values or areas that may be useful in interpreting your data. In...
View ArticleWhy choose Complete Tableau Training by Freakalytics?A recent attendee’s...
This review of our 4 day training series was written on LinkedIn by a recent public training attendee, Danyelle. She works at the US Department of Health and Human Services as a Senior Data Advisor....
View ArticleWebcast: “Big Data” on your laptop, fast, informative and at your command
NOTE: This fun review of “big data” was inspired by a recent presentation I gave on behalf of Tableau Software at the Big Data Conference in Chicago. You can find the 1st part of this 3 part webcast...
View ArticleFreakalytics newsletter, August 2012
Thank you for your interest in our newsletter. Please share it with your colleagues that can benefit from it. We are happy to share some great news, “The Accidental Analyst” is now available on Amazon...
View ArticleBook Excerpt: Tableau 7 Quick Table Calculations and Custom Table Calculations
This is a free preview from Rapid Graphs with Tableau Software 7, available in print and Kindle on Amazon and on the Nook at Barnes and Noble. Due to width constraints on this blog, you may notice some...
View ArticleData Driven Conference 2012
We are having a great time at the Data Driven Conference in Columbus! Our first session was standing room only and we are presenting the same talk a second time at 1:30 in E161. Interesting questions...
View ArticleEstimating future success rates from initial experiencesurveys and...
A wide range of common business questions are often decided incorrectly because decision-makers overlook, forget or neglect the application of a simple concept from statistics. In this tutorial we will...
View ArticleFebruary 2013 Newsletter
Thank you for your interest in our newsletter. Please share it with your colleagues that can benefit from it. Tableau 8 for The Accidental Analyst A One-day Workshop A one-day, intensive hands-on...
View ArticleAlteryx Inspire 2013 Tableau Talk
Download the presentation Picture This! Your Data in Tableau. Watch my big data talk here and download the example workbooks here (requires Tableau 8 to open). Attending this conference was a great...
View ArticleFreakalytics Timeline since 2007
Since 2007, we have traveled 365,000 miles to help tens of thousands of people via 8 books, 24 conference talks, 47 public trainings, 26 on-site trainings, 5 conference seminars, 15 analytic advisory...
View ArticleJoyful or informative charts? Best practices in visual analytics
Stephen Few, noted visual analytics expert and the original inspiration for our work in the field, recently wrote about criticisms of best data visualizations practices. In particular, Amanda Cox of...
View ArticleSAS versus R for business analysts
Over on R4Stats, I replied to Bob Muenchen’s article, Forecast Update: Will 2014 be the Beginning of the End for SAS and SPSS? Personally, I think SAS is a wonderful application, with my SAS experience...
View ArticleFree Webinar—Visual Analytics Best PracticesWhy Can’t You See My Point?!?
You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can’t get them across, your ideas won’t get you anywhere. -Lee Iacocca The webinar is past but you can watch the recording and view the slides below. This...
View ArticleFreakalytics Newsletter for June 2013
Thank you for your interest in our newsletter. Please share it with your colleagues that can benefit from it. Also, Stephen is once again full-time at Freakalytics and we are excited to be back on...
View ArticleFree Webinar—Business analytics and morewith SAS Enterprise Guide
July 10th, 2013, Noon Pacific, 3 PM Eastern, 8 PM London True genius resides in the capacity for evaluation of uncertain, hazardous, and conflicting information. –WINSTON CHURCHILL Prime...
View ArticleFree Webinar—Quick & dirty analysis with Tableau in 13 lucky steps!
July 31st, 2013, Noon Pacific, 3 PM Eastern, 8 PM London So much data, so little time! –Stephen McDaniel Co-founder of Freakalytics Synopsis Let’s face it: in the daily world of work, you often...
View ArticleThoughts on “Business Analytics Software Still Has Skeptics”
Synopsis of the article and summary chart from Pete Barlas at Investor’s Business Daily Many companies still view the promise of analytics software as a glass half-empty. One of the strongest sectors...
View ArticleFree Webinar—Analyzing Your Data With Excel:Simple Steps for Actionable Results
August 15th, 2013 Noon Pacific, 3 PM Eastern, 8 PM London Do what you can with what you have where you are. —THEODORE ROOSEVELT Cowboy, soldier, historian and 26th President of the U.S. Synopsis Answer...
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