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Bar graphs vs. Pie charts
by Jon Peltier
Peltier Technical Services, Inc., Copyright © 2008. All rights reserved.
The three laws of great graphs contains Seth Godin’s guidelines for charts used in presentations:
1. One Story
2. No Bar Charts
3. Motion
In Seth’s Three Laws of Great Graphs, I agreed in principle, but suggested changing item 2 to “Choose Chart Types Intelligently”, because bar charts are not intrinsically worse than any other chart type.
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Posted: Saturday, July 12th, 2008 under Chart Types, Charting Principles, Presentations.
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