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Also it's visually misleading, the area of these segments doesn't matter, it's only the radius in a linear fashion. Assuming the perceived value is most common
by mxfh 12y ago
Also it's visually misleading, the area of these segments doesn't matter, it's only the radius in a linear fashion.
Assuming the perceived value is most commonly interpreted as area: the larger numbers look even bigger than they are by a magnitude since the area scales with r²/2 (circular sector area) while the actual value r is only growing linearly.
Simplified calculation (no doughnut, no offset):
linear area
a 11 => 60 units
b 46 => 1058 units
difference in value b/a
x4.2 => x17.6
- jacques_chester 12y agoThere's a whole chapter on mathematically troublesome graphics in How To Lie With Statistics.