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I've rendered the data as a stacked bar chart; I think the reason a bar chart is ineffective here is clear. It would have to be logarithmic to deal with the wid
by rcoveson 8y ago
I've rendered the data as a stacked bar chart; I think the reason a bar chart is ineffective here is clear. It would have to be logarithmic to deal with the wide range of values, and logarithmic charts make it extremely difficult to quickly compare values.
Stacked bar: https://i.imgur.com/TfjDJyA.png https://i.imgur.com/TfjDJyA.png
- psychometry 8y agoI was thinking it should be a stacked bar chart for the top-level categorization (e.g. plants, animals, fungi, etc.) with a separate stacked bar chart for proportions within each group of interest (e.g. humans, insects, etc.).
- rcoveson 8y agoNot sure I understand. What would be stacked in the first chart you describe? If it's the sub-categories that are stacked, I believe that's what I've rendered here. If it's the top-level categories that are stacked, it's not really a bar chart at all; there'd be only one bar. Either way, you'd still be comparing animals to viruses to plants with one-variable-dimension objects, and you'd have the same problem. The topmost categories simply vary too much in size.