Category: practice

  • Bad Visualizations

      The intention of this graph is representing if people are willing to pay more for their milk to help dairy farmers. The pie chart is actually the most proper choice to help visualize proportions of each choice out of total sample, but this pie chart is surly misguiding.  Since for this question, there are only…

  • Bad Data Visualizations

    In everyday media such as magazines and newspapers, we are constantly bombarded with attractive graphics that attempt to catch our attention while displaying useful data and statistics. Unfortunately, even the best looking graphics can have major flaws. Below, we’ll explore some example graphics and try to find where they went wrong.   The intention of…

  • Bad Visualizations

    1. The pink color and the usage of cosmetics make the visualization look attractive. However, the sizes of these cosmetics do not show the relevance among the data; and the percentages are not well arranged. The percentages of IND, JPN and CHN are different, but the cosmetics which represent them are exactly the same. the 17.9%(USA)…