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Title: Grossly Overrated & Ignorant of Color
Review: Robbin's book has been grossly over-rated. The first major negative is that there is no discussion of the use of color and no use of color in the book. For a book on effective graphs, it is criminal not to use or cover the impact color - there is no excuse. The second major negative is that this book is little more than a set of graphs on one page followed by a brief one or two paragraph discussion. My criticism here is that there is too little discussion about when to use these graphs or common design flaws when they are used. Business users should be warned that most of the graphs covered in this book were created using the S+ programming language and software and many are not applicable to typical business graphing needs. Finally, the book is excessively overpriced for what it provides. Stephen Few's "Information Dashboard Design" and "Show Me the Numbers" books are both half the price and have 10X better content.
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