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Automated data visualisation best practice in R: afcharts release

What is afcharts? afcharts is an R package for creating accessible charts. afcharts implements the Analysis Function data visualisation guidance. What does afcharts do? afcharts automates setting accessible colours, fonts and text sizing, axes labelling, and much more.  Currently, functions are available for styling ggplot2 plots. afcharts takes your charts from the ggplot2 defaults to […]

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What I have learnt since joining the Analysis Function Communicating Analysis team

Ella Goodman blogs about her first six months as a member of the Analysis Function Central Team and what she has learnt in her role so far.

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Communicating using colour

Ella Goodman blogs about the launch of a new section of the colours guidance that looks at using Analysis Function colour palettes in Microsoft, R, and Python.

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Three tips for better data visualisation

Catherine Hope shares data visualisation tips to help your audience gain knowledge from your analysis.

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Analysis in Government month 2022: Data vis and accessibility – links to content and answers to questions

If you came to my session this morning  (19 May 2022) on data visualisation and accessibility, thank you, I hoped you enjoyed and found it informative. Links to content I realised that I talked a lot about content that lives on this website. I always find it hard to link to content while delivering a […]

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Accessibility empathy for users of spreadsheets

Hannah Thomas blogs about making spreadsheets accessible.

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Neurodiversity in the workplace

Catherine Bean tells us what life is like for her as part of the neurodivergent community working in the ONS.

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