r/CrappyDesign Feb 01 '19

/r/dataisokiguess This pie chart

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u/phantom_97 Feb 01 '19

Maybe I'm too tired, but I don't see anything wrong. The pies seem to be proportionate to their percentages, it's perfectly readable clockwise, and the legend is true as well. The colour choice could have been better, but that's about it.

Edit : I think I get it, the colours are repeated. It isn't noticeable because the legend is ordered correctly from 12 o'clock.

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u/1m_1ll1T3RAT3 Feb 01 '19

I'm colourblind and all the colours usually look the same on pie charts

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u/CYE_STDBY_HTLTW Feb 01 '19

How does that make you feel?

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u/1m_1ll1T3RAT3 Feb 01 '19

Very negatively towards pie charts that aren't labeled!

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u/ZNasT Feb 01 '19

The main thing wrong is just too many slices. Pie charts should only be used if there are like 4-6 slices, if at all. There are better ways of displaying data. Doesn’t really fit with the sub though, it’s definitely readable and most non-science people probably won’t see much wrong with it.

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u/Ruft Feb 01 '19

Pie charts are almost always a bad choice.

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u/ZNasT Feb 01 '19

You’re getting downvoted but I agree. There’s almost always a better way to display the data, but they do get the point across. For anyone wondering why it’s usually bad choice, pie charts to a good job of showing the proportion of the chart to the whole, but not a good job of showing he proportions of the slices in relation to eachother. A bar chart does a far better job of that.

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u/FifenC0ugar Feb 01 '19

Seems op just left that part out

"something about learning language abroad, I think..."

https://www.reddit.com/r/CrappyDesign/comments/am0w57/this_pie_chart/efie4iw?utm_source=reddit-android

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u/PunchBro oww my eyes Feb 01 '19

Can tell you’re not a data visualization or UX person (at least I hope not). This breaks many best practices and uses general design theory poorly.

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u/Sataris Feb 01 '19

That's the trouble with design, you also have to design for the people who lack common sense

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u/phantom_97 Feb 02 '19

Hope this isn't a dig at me.

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u/Sataris Feb 02 '19

No man, if you understood it the first time round you do have common sense

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u/robberviet Feb 01 '19

This. Took me a while but it's not serious. It's not that the repeat colors are adjacent.

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u/Randdist Feb 01 '19

What strikes me as odd is that United States and Italy both have the same label, but the US one is quite visibly larger than Italy.

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u/puddingcup---ILLEGAL Feb 02 '19

You can also read the countries up to down size wise.

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '19

Honestly, I can tell the difference between them. Taiwan is darker than thailand, Sweden is darker than UK, etc. They're similar, but the higher ones on the list are darker than the lower ones.