An example pie chart below shows Australia’s two-party preferred vote before the last election, with Labor on 55% and the the Coalition on 45%.

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The pie chart is easily the worst way to convey information ever developed in the history of data visualization. Sure, there are other more cumbersome ways to articulate data. But none have the ...

Finally, Format Your Chart. Once you've selected the right type of chart for your data, make sure you don't do your data a disservice by forgetting some basic design tips.Kill the grid lines ...

Pie charts also work well for displaying discrete data, as all the values combined equal 100 percent of the total. Because of this, pie charts are also a good way to display your values as ...

A scatterplot, or an XY chart, measures two different variables along the dimensions of the chart, and data points are plotted along those axes where they belong. Internet humorists love to sort ...