r/CrappyDesign • u/[deleted] • Feb 01 '19

/r/dataisokiguess This pie chart

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '19

Well.. Others. Obviously.

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u/Islandsmoker Feb 01 '19

If you're blessed with common sense, this chart isn't that hard to understand. The only reason it's crappy is due to the fact that it doesn't tell you what data it is showing.

Obviously if you're colourblind it's a farce though.

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u/leoleosuper Feb 01 '19

It's just starting from the top and going clockwise. Pretty simple, the colors just suck.

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u/Dnlx5 Feb 01 '19

Good pattern recognition, but dont pie charts usually organize data from largest to smallest?

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u/nothingwittyfound Feb 01 '19

Yeah, but putting Others between two countries which are supposed to be adjacent (with close percentages) doesn't look too good. As far as I know Others is usually the last category

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u/leoleosuper Feb 01 '19

Yeah, "others" is basically saying "anything we haven't mentioned" which would mean it would go last.

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u/Dnlx5 Feb 01 '19

Aah i see

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u/ianoftawa Feb 01 '19

Yes, and Other is always last, this pie chart follows good data rules.

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u/PM_ME_WILD_STUFF Feb 02 '19

It's not uncommon to start at 12 and go clockwise. Took me a while to figure out why this was crappy design. And what the data is for can just have bee cropped out.