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Re:What is our hidden consumption of microplastics doing to ... by slim on Thursday May 19, 2022 @10:18AM (#31434976)
that pie chart to the left is not poor design choice. it demonstrates actual incompetency.
Re:What is our hidden consumption of microplastics doing to ... by civilized on Thursday May 19, 2022 @10:33AM (#31435183)
I didn't get it at first but you're right, it's horrifying. They put the total and the breakdown into the same pie chart.
Re:What is our hidden consumption of microplastics doing to ... by svachalek on Thursday May 19, 2022 @01:57PM (#31437966)
Yup. Something I wouldn't consider adequate work from a 6th grader.
Re:What is our hidden consumption of microplastics doing to ... by hex4def6 on Thursday May 19, 2022 @01:17PM (#31437396)
Oh man. I was annoyed by the breakout of the second pie chart which seemed needlessly confusing. But the left one is worse for double counting everything.

And it has a typo! ("Analys"[sic]). That doesn't really bode well for how much rigor the rest of paper had, either in its creation or review(s).

Re:What is our hidden consumption of microplastics doing to ... by trzy on Thursday May 19, 2022 @10:32AM (#31435172)
Why? The labels are given in absolute units but they are correct.
Re:What is our hidden consumption of microplastics doing to ... by zamfi on Thursday May 19, 2022 @11:10AM (#31435712)
The issue is that the pie chart included a slice for the total and then two slices for each of the two components that sum to the total.
Re:What is our hidden consumption of microplastics doing to ... by austinjp on Thursday May 19, 2022 @08:28PM (#31441977)
The pie totals 200%.
Re:What is our hidden consumption of microplastics doing to ... by wmeredith on Thursday May 19, 2022 @05:04PM (#31440147)
One of the labels has a typo.