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There are many emotional and powerful stories hidden in gobs of data just waiting to be found. When these stories get told, they have the power to change careers, businesses, and whole groups of ...

[Randall Munroe] certainly understands the power of graphical representation of data. The humorous plots in his xkcd webcomic are one of the favorite parts for many readers. Their distinctive, ...

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Taking a look at how marketers can unlock the power of data analysis using traditional tabular software and data languages. Marketers would like to unlock the power of data — but with so many ...