Comments on: Extra Distortion in a Pie Chart http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/extra-distortion-in-a-pie-chart/ Peltier Tech Excel Charts and Programming Blog Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:18:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Doug http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/extra-distortion-in-a-pie-chart/comment-page-1/#comment-26812 Doug Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:42:12 +0000 http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/?p=3064#comment-26812 Yeah but it looks pretty. An Apple Pie chart, yum! Yeah but it looks pretty. An Apple Pie chart, yum!

]]> By: Jon Peltier http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/extra-distortion-in-a-pie-chart/comment-page-1/#comment-26810 Jon Peltier Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:15:38 +0000 http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/?p=3064#comment-26810 Martin - Someone else asked about this the other day. I'm going to blog about it next week. The analysis was truly glossed over, and even if we allow a pie chart to show percentages, side by side pies will not help in the analysis. Martin -

Someone else asked about this the other day. I’m going to blog about it next week. The analysis was truly glossed over, and even if we allow a pie chart to show percentages, side by side pies will not help in the analysis.

]]> By: Martín http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/extra-distortion-in-a-pie-chart/comment-page-1/#comment-26805 Martín Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:31:21 +0000 http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/?p=3064#comment-26805 Jon, I'd like your comments on the following chart: http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-of-the-day-most-people-arent-buying-apple-ipads-2010-2 I've made myself a column chart, and it really changes a lot the visibility....but I'd like to know your opinion on that. Regards, Martin Jon,

I’d like your comments on the following chart:

http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-of-the-day-most-people-arent-buying-apple-ipads-2010-2

I’ve made myself a column chart, and it really changes a lot the visibility….but I’d like to know your opinion on that.

Regards,

Martin

]]> By: Jon Peltier http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/extra-distortion-in-a-pie-chart/comment-page-1/#comment-26703 Jon Peltier Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:21:44 +0000 http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/?p=3064#comment-26703 Doug's interpretation of the xkcd comic is priceless (yes, I saw this over the weekend). Doug’s interpretation of the xkcd comic is priceless (yes, I saw this over the weekend).

]]> By: Jeff Weir http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/extra-distortion-in-a-pie-chart/comment-page-1/#comment-26698 Jeff Weir Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:22:52 +0000 http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/?p=3064#comment-26698 Jon...Did you see this: http://newtonexcelbach.wordpress.com/2010/02/07/pie-charts-all-the-way-down/ Jon…Did you see this:

http://newtonexcelbach.wordpress.com/2010/02/07/pie-charts-all-the-way-down/

]]> By: Tony Rose http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/extra-distortion-in-a-pie-chart/comment-page-1/#comment-26540 Tony Rose Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:39:51 +0000 http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/?p=3064#comment-26540 Jon you definitely find some gems. I love the pie slices for 0%. [Tony] "Hey Jon, can you pass me a slice?" [Jon] "How big?" [Tony] "Um, how about zero". Nom nom nom, that zero % slice sure was tasty. I really could do just fine with never seeing another pie chart, ever. Nice work Jon. Jon you definitely find some gems. I love the pie slices for 0%.

[Tony] “Hey Jon, can you pass me a slice?” [Jon] “How big?” [Tony] “Um, how about zero”. Nom nom nom, that zero % slice sure was tasty.

I really could do just fine with never seeing another pie chart, ever. Nice work Jon.

]]> By: DMurphy http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/extra-distortion-in-a-pie-chart/comment-page-1/#comment-26522 DMurphy Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:29:31 +0000 http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/?p=3064#comment-26522 An excellent analysis (again) of how the "thousand-words" can be mis-painted with the wrong picture. As Mark Twain wrote: "Figures often beguile me, particularly when I have the arranging of them myself" as he then went on to quote that old chestnut: "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics". An excellent analysis (again) of how the “thousand-words” can be mis-painted with the wrong picture.

As Mark Twain wrote: “Figures often beguile me, particularly when I have the arranging of them myself” as he then went on to quote that old chestnut: “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics”.

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