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Congressional Budget Office
Telling Visual Stories About Data
Presentation for the: Seminar on Independent Budget Analysis & Transparency A Global Network of Parliamentary Budget Offices Community Meeting
Peter Fontaine Assistant Director for Budget Analysis June 2014
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Know Your Audience
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Members of Congress and Staff
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explanatory exploratory
static
interactive
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How CBO Communicates
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Reports
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Policy options, spreadsheet
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Chartbooks
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Snapshots
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Presentations
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Before
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After
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Infographics
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Use Best Practices
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Show the Data
Jacob Klerman and Caroline Danielson, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2011
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Show the Data
Jacob Klerman and Caroline Danielson, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2011
0-axis thicker than data line
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Show the Data
Jacob Klerman and Caroline Danielson, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2011
Tick marks probably unnecessary
0-axis thicker than data line
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Show the Data
Jacob Klerman and Caroline Danielson, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2011
Label and %-sign are redundant 0-axis thicker
than data line
Tick marks probably unnecessary
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Show the Data
Jacob Klerman and Caroline Danielson, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2011
Abbreviations make comprehension difficult
0-axis thicker than data line
Tick marks probably unnecessary
Label and %-sign are redundant
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Show the Data
Jacob Klerman and Caroline Danielson, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2011
Data points are outside the axis bounds
0-axis thicker than data line
Tick marks probably unnecessary
Label and %-sign are redundant
Abbreviations make comprehension difficult
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Implied Impulse Response Functions for Different Caseloads(Percentage change in caseload)
-20
-10
0
10
20
0 1 2 3 4 5
Years
Adult Only
0 1 2 3 4 5
Years
No Cash
-20
-10
0
10
20
0 1 2 3 4 5
Years
Welfare Cash Assistance
0 1 2 3 4 5
Years
SSI Cash Assistance
Show the Data
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Gordon Hanson, Journal of Economic Perspectives, Spring 2012
Reduce Clutter
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Reduce Clutter
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Integrate Text and Graphics
Social Security Advisory Board, Aspects of Disability Decision Making: Data and Materials, February 2012
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Integrate Text and Graphics
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Use Appropriate
Tools
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Excel
Stata
SAS
Open Office
R
Tableau
JavaScript
Google Charts
Standard Tools
Newer Tools
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If your tool doesn’t let you create the visualization you want, get a different tool.
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Do the figures in this report illustrate its main points?
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What should the reader learn from the figure?
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Is the figure understandable outside the confines of the report?
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The purpose of visualization is insight, not pictures -Ben Shneiderman
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References
Slide
7. CBO, The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2014 to 2024, www.cbo.gov/publication/45010, February 2014
8-9. CBO, Social Security Policy Options, www.cbo.gov/publication/21547, July 2010
10. CBO, A Premium Support System for Medicare: Analysis of Illustrative Options, www.cbo.gov/publication/44581, September 2013
11. CBO, The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2014 to 2024, www.cbo.gov/publication/45010, February 2014
13. CBO, Rising Demand for Long-Term Services and Supports for Elderly People, www.cbo.gov/publication/44363, June 2013
14-15. CBO, The Distribution of Federal Spending and Taxes in 2006, www.cbo.gov/publication/44698, November 2013
17. CBO, Snapshot of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, www.cbo.gov/publication/44131, April 2013
18. CBO, Snapshot of Unemployment Benefits, www.cbo.gov/publication/44096, March 2013
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References, continued
Slide
20. CBO, Federal Health Care Spending: Why Is It Growing? What Could Be Done About It? www.cbo.gov/publication/44761 , September 2013
21. CBO, Federal Health Care Spending: Why Is It Growing? What Could Be Done About It? www.cbo.gov/publication/45144, February 2014
22. CBO, The Federal Budget: Outlook and Challenges, www.cbo.gov/publication/44378, June 2013
24-27. CBO, The U.S. Federal Budget: Infographic, www.cbo.gov/publication/42636, December 2011
28-32. CBO, Federal Means-Tested Programs and Tax Credits—Infographic, www.cbo.gov/publication/43935, February 2013
33. CBO, The Long-Term Budget Outlook: Infographic, www.cbo.gov/publication/43289, June 2012
35-45. Jonathan Schwabish, “An Economist’s Guide to Visualizing Data,” Journal of Economic Perspectives, www.aeaweb.org/articles.php?doi=10.1257/jep.28.1.209, Winter 2014