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Ineffective Chart - Partition Chart
by Jon Peltier
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In Partition Charts in Excel - alternative to pie charts [visualization hack], Chandoo offers a “partition chart” as an alternative to a pie chart. We all know pie charts are bad (don’t we???), so it’s good to look for alternatives. Here is part of Chandoo’s partition chart:
This chart uses conditional formatting to achieve the mottled [...]
Posted: Wednesday, July 9th, 2008 under Bad Charts, Charting Principles.
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