Last week's
#MakeoverMonday data set is about top job skills. Two of the vizzes caught my attention. They both used
arrows to show the ranking changes in top skills.
One was selected as the
Viz of the Day on 4/27/2017. Simple, crisp and elegant design!
The other is by
Georgia Chen, selected by Andy Kriebel in
his comments of the week.
Between the two, I would say, highlighting changes with color does make a difference in providing values to viewers. With just a little coloring, we show the trend in top skills. Otherwise, it's a little hard to see. Changes are something we are attracted to. Like Andy Kriebel said in his comments, changes give us context.
The author
David Krupp did think the changes are important because he included them. Highlighting them would make the viz even more powerful.
Below is my slightly tweaked version based on David's viz, while preserving the original color scheme.
The technique of showing arrows is based on custom number formatting. Check
this post out for details.
That's my tweak of the day. Click pictures to see the vizzes.
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