? Highly recommended to a very wide audience.? (Mathematical Association of America, 1 January 2015)
? Presenting data is, of course, more than a good table or an informative graphic. The words that describe the data must also be correct, clear, concise and consistent, and the author devotes a chapter to ensuring that the expert? s hard work is not undone by commentary that is too technical or too laboured to be understood by non-expert audiences.? (The Royal Statistical Society, 1 February 2015)
? This book must be mandatory to any data analyst and statistician, and indeed anyone who presents numeric data. The word „numeric“ is important, as non-numeric data are not discussed in the book.? (ENBIS News, 10 December 2014)
? The words that describe the data, and the messages it may have, must also be correct, clear, concise and consistent, and the author devotes a chapter to ensuring that the expert? s hard work is not undone by commentary that is too technical or too laboured to be understood by non-expert audiences.? (Significance, 1 February 2014)
„The book is easy to read and can be consumedin a single train journey. It is also easy to look atand the illustrations and graphics occupy as much spaceas the text. The author has indeed put his money wherehis mouth is and the graphics both illustrate his pointsand makes them alone. The highlight for me was in thechapter on tables where the author reduces a table containingseven columns and five rows to a two by two tablewhich beautifully makes the point when previously it hadbeen lost in a forest of figures...
This isan excellent book and I would recommend it as essentialreading to anyone who is writing a thesis or dissertation, making a presentation or writing a paper. That? s all of us.“ (Occupational Medicine, 15th February 2016)
Poor presentation of data is everywhere; basic principles areforgotten or ignored. As a result, audiences are presented withconfusing tables and charts that do not make immediate sense. Thisbook is intended to be read by all who present data in anyform.
The author, a chartered statistician who has run many courses onthe subject of data presentation, presents numerous examplesalongside an explanation of how improvements can be made and basicprinciples to adopt. He advocates following four key'C' words in all messages: Clear, Concise, Correct andConsistent. Following the principles in the book will lead toclearer, simpler and easier to understand messages which can thenbe assimilated faster. Anyone from student to researcher, journalist to policy adviser, charity worker to governmentstatistician, will benefit from reading this book. Moreimportantly, it will also benefit the recipients of the presenteddata.
'Ed Swires-Hennessy, a recognised expert in thepresentation of statistics, explains and clearly describes a set of„principles“ of clear and objective statisticalcommunication. This book should be required reading for all thosewho present statistics.'
Richard Laux, UK Statistics Authority
'I think this is a fantastic book and hope everyone whopresents data or statistics makes time to read itfirst.'
David Marder, Chief Media Adviser, Office for NationalStatistics, UK
'Ed's book makes his tried-and-tested materialwidely available to anyone concerned with understanding andpresenting data. It is full of interesting insights, is highlypractical and packed with sensible suggestions and nice ideas thatyou immediately want to try out.'
Dr Shirley Coleman, Principal Statistician, IndustrialStatistics Research Unit, School of Mathematics and Statistics, Newcastle University, U
