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Christ onna bike. They seem to have gone out of their way to invent charts that are even more confusing than pie charts. Let's do an annulus! With a wavy edge!
by aristus 17y ago
Christ onna bike. They seem to have gone out of their way to invent charts that are even more confusing than pie charts. Let's do an annulus! With a wavy edge! And then differently-sized hemicircles... wha?
This is interesting information (eg % of online vs in-store clothing purchases) but badly presented.
- dandelany 17y agoI'll admit the wavy-edged annulus is a little over the top, but compared to a standard pie chart, I think the double hemicircle is clever and more visually interesting than a standard pie, with no loss of information.
- aristus 17y agoThe hemicircles are still too clever by half. We tend to judge the difference in the height of the facing edges, but a hemi that is twice the height of another is actually 4 times the area. So an 80/20 split will appear to be more like 66/33 if you are not paying attention. On that page there is one stat with a 10/1 ratio, but at first glance it feels more like 4/1 or 5/1.