About the Author |
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Acknowledgments |
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Preface to the Second Edition |
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1 The Justification for Presenting Data Effectively |
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What Does Effective Data Presentation Look Like? |
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4 | (3) |
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12 | (2) |
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Dashboards (and Dashboard Reports) |
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15 | (3) |
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What Makes Data Presentation Effective? |
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Pictorial Superiority Effect |
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19 | (1) |
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20 | (1) |
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21 | (1) |
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What Do I Need to Develop Effective Data Presentation? |
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A Disciplinary Positioning |
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24 | (1) |
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25 | (1) |
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How Do I Navigate This Book? |
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26 | (1) |
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27 | (1) |
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28 | (1) |
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29 | (1) |
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Where Can I Go for More Information? |
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2 Graphics |
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32 | (1) |
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33 | (1) |
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How Do I Use Images in Effective Ways? |
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34 | (26) |
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35 | (1) |
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36 | (4) |
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Images Have Impactful Placement |
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40 | (8) |
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40 | (4) |
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44 | (3) |
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47 | (1) |
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Images Quickly Communicate |
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48 | (10) |
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48 | (2) |
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50 | (6) |
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56 | (2) |
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58 | (2) |
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How Do I Efficiently Locate High-Quality Images? |
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60 | (6) |
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Invest in Visual Thinking Before Browsing Sites |
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60 | (1) |
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61 | (2) |
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63 | (3) |
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How Do I Apply These Ideas to Graphs? |
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Graph Highlights Significant Finding or Conclusion |
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The Type of Graph Is Appropriate for Data |
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Gridlines, If Present, Are Muted |
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Graph Does Not Have a Border Line 6g |
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Axes Do Not Have Unnecessary Tick Marks or Axis Lines |
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70 | (1) |
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Graph Has One Horizontal and One Vertical Axis |
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Where Can I Go for More Information? |
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3 Text |
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76 | (44) |
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76 | (1) |
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77 | (2) |
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79 | (1) |
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How Do I Tell These Typefaces Apart? |
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80 | (4) |
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80 | (1) |
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81 | (1) |
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82 | (2) |
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What Works for Paper and What Works for Screen? |
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84 | (2) |
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Did You Just Say I Can't Use Calibri? |
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86 | (3) |
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When the Receiving Computer Is a PC |
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86 | (2) |
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When the Receiving Computer Is a Mac |
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88 | (1) |
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How Can I Protect Font Choices? |
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89 | (3) |
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How Do Fonts Actually Communicate? |
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92 | (4) |
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What Font Size Should I Use? |
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96 | (5) |
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How Should Lines Be Spaced? |
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101 | (2) |
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How Does Typeface Help Organize Data Presentation? |
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103 | (6) |
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103 | (1) |
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103 | (2) |
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105 | (1) |
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106 | (1) |
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107 | (2) |
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How Do I Apply These Ideas to Graphs? |
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109 | (7) |
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6- to 12-Word Descriptive Title Is Left Justified in Upper Left Corner |
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109 | (3) |
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Subtitles and/or Annotations Provide Additional Information |
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112 | (1) |
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Data Are Labeled Directly |
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112 | (2) |
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Labels Are Used Sparingly |
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114 | (2) |
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116 | (1) |
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117 | (1) |
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Where Can I Go for More Information? |
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4 Color |
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120 | (34) |
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120 | (1) |
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121 | (1) |
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Why Is Color Important to Memory? |
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122 | (1) |
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What Colors Should I Choose? |
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123 | (8) |
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The Best Color Combinations for Reading |
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123 | (3) |
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The Best Colors for Emphasis |
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126 | (5) |
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Using a Color-Picking Tool |
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126 | (3) |
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Other Color Combination Sites |
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129 | (2) |
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What Should I Watch Out For? |
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131 | (6) |
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131 | (2) |
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133 | (2) |
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Reprinting in Black and White |
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135 | (1) |
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136 | (1) |
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How Do I Apply Emphasis Colors? |
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137 | (5) |
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137 | (2) |
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139 | (1) |
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140 | (2) |
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How Do I Apply These Ideas to Graphs? |
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142 | (7) |
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Text Sufficiently Contrasts With Background |
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143 | (1) |
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Color Scheme Is Intentional |
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143 | (4) |
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Color Is Used to Highlight Key Patterns |
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147 | (2) |
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149 | (1) |
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150 | (1) |
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151 | (1) |
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Where Can I Go for More Information? |
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151 | (3) |
5 Arrangement |
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154 | (42) |
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154 | (1) |
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155 | (1) |
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Where Do the Bits and Pieces Go? |
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156 | (6) |
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156 | (6) |
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Gutenberg Diagram Arrangement Model |
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158 | (1) |
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Rule of Thirds Arrangement Model |
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159 | (3) |
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What Is White Space and How Do I Use It? |
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162 | (7) |
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162 | (3) |
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165 | (2) |
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The Wrong Kind of White Space |
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167 | (2) |
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How Should I Justify Text? |
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169 | (2) |
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How Can I Align Using Typical Software? |
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171 | (8) |
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Achieving Consistent Placement |
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171 | (14) |
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Use the Size and Position Function |
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172 | (2) |
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174 | (5) |
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When Is It Okay to Break the Rules? |
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179 | (3) |
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How Do I Arrange the Sections of the Whole Report? |
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182 | (3) |
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How Do I Apply These Ideas to Graphs? |
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185 | (7) |
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185 | (1) |
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Data Are Intentionally Ordered |
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186 | (2) |
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Axis Intervals Are Equidistant |
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188 | (1) |
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189 | (1) |
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Display Is Free of Decoration |
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190 | (2) |
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192 | (1) |
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193 | (2) |
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193 | (1) |
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193 | (2) |
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Where Can I Go for More Information? |
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6 Making It Easy |
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196 | (15) |
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196 | (1) |
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Criticism: Trying to Look Slick |
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197 | (1) |
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Benefit 1: Fits With How the Brain Operates |
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197 | (1) |
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Benefit 2: Adds to Credibility and Communicates Competence |
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198 | (1) |
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Criticism: Design Is Expensive |
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198 | (9) |
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Benefit 3: There Are Multiple Ways to Save Time |
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198 | (10) |
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199 | (3) |
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202 | (4) |
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206 | (1) |
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207 | (1) |
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208 | (1) |
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208 | (1) |
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208 | (1) |
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Where Can I Go for More Information? |
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209 | (2) |
Appendix A Report Layout Checklist |
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211 | (4) |
Appendix B Data Visualization Checklist |
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215 | (6) |
Index |
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