Linear bars are easier on the eye than the non-linear segments of a pie chart. But beware the temptation to make a humble bar chart look more interesting by adding a 3D effect.

Pie charts show percentages as a circle, divided into segments. A pie chart could be used to show how students travel to school. Each piece of data is shown as a proportion of 360, because there ...

Pie chart: One of William Playfair’s designs, representing the extent, population and revenue of the principal nations of Europe in 1804 Juliana Adelman Mon Mar 05 2018 - 10:49 ...

Pie charts present data in a circular pattern, making it difficult to make comparisons when there are many groups, or when groups are similar in size. They can also misrepresent data entirely ...

Pie charts show percentages as a circle, divided into segments. A pie chart could be used to show how students travel to school. Each piece of data is shown as a proportion of 360, because there ...