April 9, 2010
The Earth is a Giant Pie
Check this out:It's frightening that someone would publish a sphere-like pie chart; this was a new approach to me and possibly the worst yet. Come on, at least put the data in order. The KISS method is so much better:
A simple bar chart based on the data table would look like:
What are the top 5 categories? Takes you a while to figure it out, doesn't it? The most effective way to display this data to communicate the message is:
Why overcomplicate things when simple is clearly the best approach?
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