Comments | boyofbadgers: Pie chart misuse reaches new level of awfulness

boyofbadgers

Pie chart misuse reaches new level of awfulness

Nov 30, 2009 14:16

I've seen some terrible graphs in my time, but this is just ridiculous.

( Cut to protect delicate eyes from graphic scene of misuse )

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chezghost November 30 2009, 14:55:21 UTC

Source: Opinions

the 'Dynamic' bit is a typo!

beckyc November 30 2009, 15:02:48 UTC

Ow ow ow, my eyes are bleeding!

Why didn't I heed your warning? I thought I could cope with anything, but that really is the limit!

martinskidmore November 30 2009, 16:28:14 UTC

Could people support more than one candidate? If so, the figures may not be wrong - but putting them into a pie chart was an appalling idea. Also the modern tendency to tilt pie graphs to make them 3-D makes the segments at the bottom look larger than equally sized ones at the top, which defeats the whole point of such a chart.

boyofbadgers November 30 2009, 17:35:06 UTC

Oh, I didn't think the figures were wrong, it's the (presumably kneejerk) use of the pie chart that was upsetting.

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Re: BSc. Econ. Hons IR boyofbadgers November 30 2009, 17:41:57 UTC

My film knowledge is so rub that I can't even work out how that would be plausible!

Re: BSc. Econ. Hons IR braisedbywolves November 30 2009, 18:07:29 UTC

I get the impression the couple in this film would now be following Mr. Armano on Twitter, but sadly I never saw it

pippaalice November 30 2009, 18:36:40 UTC

How is this possible?

The rat control the cook! boyofbadgers November 30 2009, 19:24:59 UTC

Well, I suspect what happened was that everyone polled was asked which candidates they would back, rather than which candidate. So they could pick more than one, which is why the pie chart seems to show 193%, which is why they should have used a bar chart instead.