Archive for Sunday, August 10th, 2008
Choice of Category Axis Order
by Jon Peltier
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In the Calculating Easter post on John Walkenbach’s new Spreadsheet Page blog, John presented a bar chart showing the occurrences of the dates of Easter between 1900 and 2199. He sorted his dates in decreasing order of occurrence (below left). In Gradients, Fills, and Shadows, Oh My I proposed sorting in date order (below right).
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Posted: Sunday, August 10th, 2008 under Chart Axes.
Comments: 6
Gradients, Fills, and Shadows, Oh My
by Jon Peltier
Peltier Technical Services, Inc., Copyright © 2008.
Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.
In Calculating Easter (from Easter Formula), John Walkenbach posted a chart showing the frequencies of dates on which Easter falls. I wouldn’t go so far as to call this a “bad” chart, but I have two comments about it.
Posted: Sunday, August 10th, 2008 under Charting Principles.
Comments: 7


