Comments on: Bad Bar Chart Practices, or Send in the Clowns

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By: savithri.v

savithri.v — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:10:42 +0000

Hi Sir,
I tried doing a chart with dual category axis & broken value axis using similar data, like the one sent to you.
I need to break the Y axis as one of the series has large values dwarfing the rest.
As the sophisticated algebra that you have used in your ‘broken Y axis’ example was beyond my comprehension, I used a very rudimentary procedure for finding out X values for the cut off series.
I tested this by inflating some values here & there in the data – the cut off marker gets plotted on the required point in my chart.
But when I tried to apply the same primitive logic in your example, I get slight differences in the X vales. Most likely, I’ve messed up the concept.
Mailed you the file. It would be nice if this could also get into the queue seeking your attention.
savithri

By: savithri.v

savithri.v — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:25:42 +0000

I made column chart, bar charts overlapped / stacked with separation, dot plots, line etc. but still not able to figure out the one chart that would best represent 5 sets of data compared in 15 categories. I’ve sent you the file with the data. I am not jumping the queue & would also post this in your Chart Doctor. (Feel like copying your clown in the presentation if nothing else works..)

By: CW Campbell

CW Campbell — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:14:57 +0000

Thanks for this, Jon. I’m just switching into this field and have found your site very helpful.

By: Bridging Viewpoints » Bad Bar Charts

Bridging Viewpoints » Bad Bar Charts — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 02:41:27 +0000

[...] Peltier wrote this informative and amusing blog post on one such bad bar chart. Here is an image of that [...]