Includes bibliographical references and index.

Our backbone : why we visualize -- When a single number is important : showing mean, frequency, and measures of variability -- How two or more numbers are alike or different : visualizing comparisons -- How we are better or worse than a benchmark : displaying relative performance -- What the survey says : showing likert, ranking, check-all-that-apply, and more -- When there are parts of a whole : visualizing beyond the pie chart -- How this thing changes when that thing does : communicating correlation and regression -- When the words have the meaning : visualizing qualitative data -- How things changed over time : depicting trends -- Sharing your data with the world -- It's about more than the buttons.