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Re:Almost never use a pie chart for data by thesumofall on Monday January 08, 2024 @10:20AM (#38913177)
I would still argue that a stacked horizontal bar with tick marks or a waterfall chart are often the better solutions. They also make it easier to provide a reference point for the absolute sum of all data points

I think pie charts only work in those cases where it doesn’t really matter how big individual data points are, but where one only wants to give a feel for the relative weight of 2 (max 3) data points. But then: wouldn’t a simple KPI (“55%”) suffice?

Re:Almost never use a pie chart for data by xnx on Monday January 08, 2024 @10:34AM (#38913399)
Stacked bar charts have the same weakness as pie charts where it is very difficult to tell the relative sizes of the pieces.