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i dont see that as a good data visualization. why you might ask? because it's not self explanatory. while the target bar might be clear, the poor, average and e
by rspoerri 7y ago
i dont see that as a good data visualization. why you might ask? because it's not self explanatory. while the target bar might be clear, the poor, average and excellent value feature a different style, while containing similar information. also it's not possible to have 2 bars at the same height, which might not be a problem, but the example they are showing has exactly this problem.
- Kiro 7y agoI agree. I skimmed back and forth trying to understand the other bars but had to read the actual Excel data in order to understand what was going.
- Double_a_92 7y agoThat's not the fault of the chart type. It's just a bad execution in that blog post. I.e. the shorter bars should be very light, and feel more like a backgrund for the actual bar. If you look at a good example it actually is intuitive: https://www.perceptualedge.com/articles/misc/Bullet_Graph_Design_Spec.pdf https://www.perceptualedge.com/articles/misc/Bullet_Graph_De...
- rspoerri 7y agoIt doesnt make the graph any clearer in my opinion. the graph uses 3 different styles of value indicators. the background colored areas, the bar itself and the "target indicator". discarding the "target indicator" and using intuitively understandable colors (red/yellow/green) for the background colors might help, but othervise i dont see this as a easily readable graph style. especially it cannot be read without prior explanation. If the graph is being used regularely within a company or group it may well be used. if you need well established graph styles have look here: https://datavizcatalogue.com/ https://datavizcatalogue.com/