"Big data" and "visual displays" are currently hot topics in accounting. We present a way of depicting weekly financial statement data in a user-friendly format, using the sparkline feature in Excel. By embedding sparklines in traditional income statements, balance sheets and cash flow...

This paper tests the ability of 129 accounting students to look up data, perceive and compare data patterns, and detect anomalies when the amount of information in traditional single page three-year comparative income statements is expanded 25-fold by adding semimonthly data to the page in...

Donors and other stakeholders in nonprofit organizations often judge them by two measures. One is the percent of their spending that goes to programs, rather than towards the “overhead” fundraising or management and general functions. The second is their fundraising efficiency, defined as...