Compelling Graphics
I am not a statistician by any measure, nor do I believe that you can make a compelling arguement on stats alone, but they do have their place in almost any decision methodology.
Plus they are fun. It is hilarious how you can support your desired outcome by displaying things just how you want. Visualization is the most accepted input method for most people. They see it, they believe it. Even if what they see is wrong.
So for me, as a consumer of stats and a cruncher of them as well, I really appreciate the dataset along with the visualizations. And in my honest opinion, if you are willing to give your dataset with your arguement, you have already won. Because the evidence can speak for itself.
Of course at that point, you better hope that your audience knows the material or can consume the numbers, because if they can’t you just made the situation worse. Much much worse. Every time I present stats I have to remember that some people still have velcro shoes. And the conceptual info will fly right over their heads.
Very high over.
