Comments on: Ben Fry at SXSW 2010: Visualizing data challenges http://www.gereports.com/ben-fry-at-sxsw-2010-visualizing-data-challenges/ Your source for what's happening at GE. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:52:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Anthony http://www.gereports.com/ben-fry-at-sxsw-2010-visualizing-data-challenges/comment-page-1/#comment-34739 Anthony Wed, 31 Mar 2010 22:41:11 +0000 http://www.gereports.com/?p=5433#comment-34739 I'm not sure some of these graphs are very good examples. The "world health costs" graph is a good example of chart junk - it looks pretty but conveys practically no useful information. A simple old-fashioned scatter plot would have been much more effective because it would have shown how some countries spend very little per capita yet achieve great health outcomes. I’m not sure some of these graphs are very good examples.

The “world health costs” graph is a good example of chart junk – it looks pretty but conveys practically no useful information. A simple old-fashioned scatter plot would have been much more effective because it would have shown how some countries spend very little per capita yet achieve great health outcomes.

]]> By: Longterm Investor http://www.gereports.com/ben-fry-at-sxsw-2010-visualizing-data-challenges/comment-page-1/#comment-33440 Longterm Investor Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:48:10 +0000 http://www.gereports.com/?p=5433#comment-33440 Why did you guys announce this dividend increase talk and other news. I was happy to keep getting GE at a nice discount now its 18 dollars. Why did you guys announce this dividend increase talk and other news. I was happy to keep getting GE at a nice discount now its 18 dollars.

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