Comments on: Retail Sales in New South Wales http://www.stubbornmule.net/2008/06/retail-sales-in-new-south-wales/ Obstinately objective Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:46:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Graphical Tables - An Alternative to Treemaps | More Information per Pixel http://www.stubbornmule.net/2008/06/retail-sales-in-new-south-wales/comment-page-1/#comment-1046 Graphical Tables - An Alternative to Treemaps | More Information per Pixel Sun, 03 Aug 2008 05:43:14 +0000 http://stubbornmule.wordpress.com/?p=44#comment-1046 [...] by this post and my comment Sean came up with this graphical sparkline table designed with Excel and [...] [...] by this post and my comment Sean came up with this graphical sparkline table designed with Excel and [...]

]]> By: stubbornmule http://www.stubbornmule.net/2008/06/retail-sales-in-new-south-wales/comment-page-1/#comment-1045 stubbornmule Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:49:40 +0000 http://stubbornmule.wordpress.com/?p=44#comment-1045 @Andreas: Yes, I did use MicroCharts and I'm happy to send you the spreadsheet. @Andreas: Yes, I did use MicroCharts and I’m happy to send you the spreadsheet.

]]> By: Andreas http://www.stubbornmule.net/2008/06/retail-sales-in-new-south-wales/comment-page-1/#comment-1044 Andreas Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:17:02 +0000 http://stubbornmule.wordpress.com/?p=44#comment-1044 Hi Sean, Nice blog post :) The table was created with MicroCharts, right? Any chance to get the MicroCharts spreadsheet you used to create the table? I would like to post about your solution on <a href="http://blog.xlcubed.com/" rel="nofollow">blog.xlcubed.com</a> Thanks, Andreas Hi Sean,

Nice blog post :) The table was created with MicroCharts, right?

Any chance to get the MicroCharts spreadsheet you used to create the table?

I would like to post about your solution on

blog.xlcubed.com

Thanks,

Andreas

]]> By: stubbornmule http://www.stubbornmule.net/2008/06/retail-sales-in-new-south-wales/comment-page-1/#comment-1043 stubbornmule Thu, 05 Jun 2008 01:43:51 +0000 http://stubbornmule.wordpress.com/?p=44#comment-1043 @Susie: I agree that the graph is a little confusing. Finding a good way to visualise a large amount of data without just summarising and throwing most of it away is quite challenging. In my earlier inflation post I used a heatmap which, although more colourful, can also be quite confusing. Here's a <a href="http://stubbornmule.wordpress.com/retail-sales-heatmap/" rel="nofollow">heatmap for the retail sales data</a> for comparison. @Craig: I also noticed the large increase in newspapers, books and stationery: very mysterious. @Susie: I agree that the graph is a little confusing. Finding a good way to visualise a large amount of data without just summarising and throwing most of it away is quite challenging. In my earlier inflation post I used a heatmap which, although more colourful, can also be quite confusing. Here’s a heatmap for the retail sales data for comparison.

@Craig: I also noticed the large increase in newspapers, books and stationery: very mysterious.

]]> By: Craig http://www.stubbornmule.net/2008/06/retail-sales-in-new-south-wales/comment-page-1/#comment-1042 Craig Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:47:53 +0000 http://stubbornmule.wordpress.com/?p=44#comment-1042 Some interesting tends developing from this analysis Mule most of which you have already pointed out. However, what strikes me as interesting is the growth in Newspapers, Books and Stationary. A sector with the second highest MOM and YOY change. Could this be the start of a trend back to 'old media'? Round 2 of the dot.com bust perhaps? Some interesting tends developing from this analysis Mule most of which you have already pointed out. However, what strikes me as interesting is the growth in Newspapers, Books and Stationary. A sector with the second highest MOM and YOY change. Could this be the start of a trend back to ‘old media’? Round 2 of the dot.com bust perhaps?

]]> By: Susie http://www.stubbornmule.net/2008/06/retail-sales-in-new-south-wales/comment-page-1/#comment-1041 Susie Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:06:50 +0000 http://stubbornmule.wordpress.com/?p=44#comment-1041 This graph is confusing. I wish someone would do a simple pie chart with colours. This graph is confusing. I wish someone would do a simple pie chart with colours.

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