I hate stacked area charts (2011)

Re:I hate stacked area charts (2011) by nanoanderson on Tuesday June 10, 2014 @09:22PM (#7876171)

Exactly. Stacked charts in general are misleading because they imply volume as a metric to be evaluated, when in any sort of number-over-time chart, volume is the last thing you need people concentrating on.

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Re:I hate stacked area charts (2011) by thatthatis on Tuesday June 10, 2014 @10:17PM (#7876278)

Unless it is a mekko chart in which case the volume conclusion is totally apt.

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Re:I hate stacked area charts (2011) by e12e on Wednesday June 11, 2014 @07:03AM (#7877313)

I wasn't aware of Marimekko charts[1] (well, not by that name anyway) before reading your comment -- but are they commonly used with a time axis? In the examples in [1] they seem like a pretty straight forward visualization of volume?

Off the top of my head I can't think of an example where a time axis wouldn't normally be used to visualize variation over time...? Perhaps quarter earnings as contributing to yearly earnings?

[1] http://www.fusioncharts.com/chart-primers/marimekko-chart/?M...

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Re:I hate stacked area charts (2011) by thatthatis on Wednesday June 11, 2014 @09:22AM (#7877835)

I've seen Mekko charts, or modified "mekko-ized" waterfall bar charts used with time axes. Blame management consulting.

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