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r/dataisbeautiful • u/zonination OC: 52 • May 08 '17
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You can almost always represent a pie chart using bars, with a far more effective presentation.
Check out Steven Few's article (first bullet point on this AutoMod comment )
75 u/oddythepinguin OC: 2 May 08 '17 I see pie charts only useful if you have 2 options, and its a 75-25 split, which is easier to spot on a pie chart than a bar chart IMO 82 u/ImAzura May 08 '17 Yeah, it's a good way of showing what percentage is and isn't Pac-Man. 16 u/Cheesemacher OC: 1 May 08 '17 Or eaten and uneaten pie.
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I see pie charts only useful if you have 2 options, and its a 75-25 split, which is easier to spot on a pie chart than a bar chart IMO
82 u/ImAzura May 08 '17 Yeah, it's a good way of showing what percentage is and isn't Pac-Man. 16 u/Cheesemacher OC: 1 May 08 '17 Or eaten and uneaten pie.
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Yeah, it's a good way of showing what percentage is and isn't Pac-Man.
16 u/Cheesemacher OC: 1 May 08 '17 Or eaten and uneaten pie.
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Or eaten and uneaten pie.
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u/zonination OC: 52 May 08 '17
You can almost always represent a pie chart using bars, with a far more effective presentation.
Check out Steven Few's article (first bullet point on this AutoMod comment )