Category: practice

  • Bad visualizations

    This data visualization is very aesthetically pleasing but unfortunately, that is the only positive attribute about it. Many questions arise as one attempts to demystify its message. What is it seeking to get across to its audience? Why aren’t all the individuals blue in the Facebook region if it is associated with the figure 100%?…

  • It’s Not Everyone’s Cup of Tea

      Two unfortunate, misrepresentative, tea-themed visualizations:   The “Perfect Cup of Herbal Tea” is subjective to begin with, but the visualization above adds to the confusion – dividing the cup of tea into three sections: “20% sweet,” “60 degrees Celsius hot,” and “100% organic.”  The numerical labels initially imply a pie chart, but none of…

  • Two Bad Visualizations

    This bar chart looks really confusing to readers since its proportion between the height and the numbers. 2.49 billion looks similar to 16 billion and 1.05 billion is on the same height as 10 billion. More than the proportion misunderstanding, this chart should have put different years and countries under comparison. But the author chose…