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Clock but the PM quit and was replaced halfway through the project. Handover instructions: "Make the clock hands show the current time" (lemmy.world)

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[–] merc@sh.itjust.works -1 points 11 months ago (6 children)

With only 2 values? Why would you want that? And what makes you believe they're as good as a bar chart for that?

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[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 2 points 11 months ago (5 children)

why would you use a bar chart to display a proportion?

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[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 0 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Because it's easier for humans to read?

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[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 1 point 11 months ago (3 children)

i'm not convinced that's true though. bar graphs are best for visualizing a simplification of an aggregate set and comparing it against a related aggregate set. that doesn't sound like a good way to visualize a proportion. much better to display a whole broken down into the componets of that whole.

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[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 0 points 11 months ago (2 children)

i'm not convinced that's true though.

Ok, well the people I linked to have done actual usability studies to back up their claims. But, you have a feeling?

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[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 1 point 11 months ago* (1 child)

i read them and am not refuting them. the conversation is about bad and good situations for pie charts. we're talking about a scenario in which what is being compared is two proportions. a scenario in which the articles you linked said a pie chart is a reasonable visualization

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[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 point 11 months ago

Reasonable, but not as good as a simple bar chart.

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