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LIR: I couldn't get that pie chart link to work but I vehemently disagree with the premise. There are some things that they show perfectly.

Posted by zork Jun 25 '13, 08:13

Like how much of a cake (or pie!) has been eaten, or this ...

http://androidsinlove.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/pie_pacman_chart.png

In actuality, there are lots of things that they show well like how much of someone's time is taken up by certain tasks, how much of a person's average buying is of certain brands, etc.

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The article does say that it's good for showing two or three data points, but not for much more -- nm - Roger More Jun 25, 08:14 2
- I would sometimes push it more but there is some validity to that *point* -- nm - zork Jun 25, 08:16 1
  - but that doesn't mean it's the worst just as other types of charts are crappy ways to show some other data forms -- nm - zork Jun 25, 08:29

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LIR: I couldn't get that pie chart link to work but I vehemently disagree with the premise. There are some things that they show perfectly.

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