Posts tagged ‘pie chart’

Pie Chart Runs Amok

As business intelligence professionals, we often present our observations and findings in front of an audience. As I rule, I am seldom nervous about the content, but I am often worried about the technology.

How many times have you had technical difficulties in your presentations? But have you ever had it happen in front of a national audience?

Someone brought this video to my attention. It really cracked me up. A real case of distracting graphics. No one is listening to the speaker – everyone’s watching the pie chart fail!

Business Intelligence Dashboards often feature the pie chart because of its ubiquity. On this blog, we’ve often debated the true usefullness of pie charts and looked at these pie chart alternatives.

Hubert Lee
The Dashboard Spy

Tag: Dashboard Pie Chart

More on the Pie Chart

The question of whether pie charts are as good as they would appear to be (judging by their popularity with business users), continues to be examined. The excellent statistical visualization / infographics blog, flowingdata.com, recently discussed alternatives to the pie chart when reviewing the results of a reader survey. Here is a brief screengrab from their post:

Alternatives to the Pie Chart

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