http://thesocietypages.org/graphicsociology/2010/07/29/pie-charts-reading-suggestion/ Analyzing the visual presentation of social data. Each post, Laura Norén takes a chart, table, interactive graphic or other display of sociologically relevant data and evaluates the success of the graphic. Sat, 31 Jan 2015 21:29:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://thesocietypages.org/graphicsociology/2010/07/29/pie-charts-reading-suggestion/comment-page-1/#comment-7087 Fri, 06 Aug 2010 18:33:38 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/graphicsociology/?p=1045#comment-7087 […] מאמר קצר על pie charts (תרשימי עוגה). […]

]]> http://thesocietypages.org/graphicsociology/2010/07/29/pie-charts-reading-suggestion/comment-page-1/#comment-6754 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:34:26 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/graphicsociology/?p=1045#comment-6754 You are right…sometimes pac man pie charts where one slice is being eaten by the other is useful, though it leans towards a polemical presentation that may be just exactly what one might want. Depends on the circumstance.

]]> http://thesocietypages.org/graphicsociology/2010/07/29/pie-charts-reading-suggestion/comment-page-1/#comment-6753 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:56:02 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/graphicsociology/?p=1045#comment-6753 I agree these aren’t good for conveying all that information, compared with the table. But I like pie charts when there is a simple, single point to be made that doesn’t depend on the details. For example, “look at what a tiny slice of the budget is for foreign aid compared with defense?” Or, “Whites are actually more than half of the people receiving welfare.” Of course both of those can more accurately be done with the table, but the picture might help make that single point stick, if it’s reinforced in the text.

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