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Re:Almost never use a pie chart for data by codr7 on Monday January 08, 2024 @10:22AM (#38913196)
Edward Tufte is highly recommended on the topic.

It's not a hard rule, more encouragement to investigate ways to make the presentation more informative by relating the data to it's context, time etc.

A pie chart is one-dimensional, quantities period.

Re:Almost never use a pie chart for data by syndicatedjelly on Monday January 08, 2024 @01:34PM (#38916093)
His book "Envisioning Information" was very influential for me.