Comments on: Chart-Making: Cures for Loss Aversion

By: How to Make Better Pie Charts with On-Demand Details

How to Make Better Pie Charts with On-Demand Details — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:37:22 +0000

[...] I wrote in my previous post on loss aversion, each chart answers a question from a different perspective. Charts are not [...]

By: Data Loss Aversion II – R Lattice Plot « Charts & Graphs

Data Loss Aversion II – R Lattice Plot « Charts & Graphs — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:47:25 +0000

[...] post continues Jorges Camoes discussion on data loss aversion. In my first post on this topic, I used a dot plot to show [...]

By: admin

admin — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:56:58 +0000

Paresh, it depends. for example:
- A vertical panel or sparklines could be an option if the chart is to be printed;
- An interactive chart could be another option if the user can select a series – in this case, two or three relevant series would be color coded and the others would be grayed out. When the user selects one of them it would also be highlighted;

If you want to have only one static chart you should group outlets by color. Read this post (and the comments) at More Information per pixel fore more details.

Other readers may have different approaches to the problem.

By: paresh shah

paresh shah — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:08:37 +0000

Jorge,

I am not really sure whether this question belongs here but it is sort of related. I am trying th plot the sales of nine retail outlets under a brand over the last twelve months. I would like to emphasise the overall pattern of sales in the outlets – a line chart would be appropriate. But plotting all the data leaves a jumbled chart, similar to the example here. While a panel chart would work, I would like to create a single chart – I would also like to plot other charts on the same page. Suggestions??

paresh

By: Household Income Distribution 1967 - 2005 As Small Multiples Chart | More Information per Pixel

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:34:36 +0000

[...] feed. Thanks for visiting!In my last post I tied to fix an overloaded line chart Jorge presented in a recent post about loss [...]

By: derek

derek — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:27:55 +0000

I tried a cumulative line graph.

By: D Kelly O'Day

D Kelly O'Day — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:16:20 +0000

Jorge

You have given us an interesting challenge.

I tried a bump chart first, however, it wasn’t much better. Then I tried a dot plot to focus attention on the 1967 and 2995 values.

Here’s my post link

By: Using Color to Group and Label in Charts | More Information per Pixel

Using Color to Group and Label in Charts | More Information per Pixel — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:31:56 +0000

[...] you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Jorge wrote in a recent post about loss aversion, the fact that “people strongly prefer avoiding losses than acquiring [...]

By: Andreas Lipphardt

Andreas Lipphardt — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:13:56 +0000

Jorge,

As mentioned, here my solution to fix the chart by using color:
http://blog.xlcubed.com/using-color-to-group-and-label-in-charts/

Andreas

By: admin

admin — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:23:06 +0000

Andreas, I agree that grouping data using colors is a very effective way of creating “reading levels” without removing data. Another option is a panel chart, like the one in the Abortion Ratios post.

Maybe the readers can come out with other creative alternatives…