Comments on: Chart redesign: California majority party by county http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/chart-redesign-california-majority-party-by-county/ Business Charts, Done Right Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:52:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: There’s More Than One Way to Skin a… Dataset | FlowingData http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/chart-redesign-california-majority-party-by-county/comment-page-1/#comment-604 There’s More Than One Way to Skin a… Dataset | FlowingData Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:22:51 +0000 http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/?p=224#comment-604 [...] Jorge went with simplicity: [...] [...] Jorge went with simplicity: [...]

]]> By: Jon Peltier http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/chart-redesign-california-majority-party-by-county/comment-page-1/#comment-603 Jon Peltier Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:49:38 +0000 http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/?p=224#comment-603 Jorge - I find this chart potentially confusing because (a) there’s no indication of vertical scale, (b) the difference from 50% requires extra mental processing, (c) mixing of colors for a single series makes in unclear, particularly when one of the colors (red) is often used to denote the party which is not the one shown in the chart. I've designed an <a href="http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/wp-content/img200807/CAsparkline.png" rel="nofollow">alternative sparkline (image)</a> and describe it in my post <a href="http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/2008/07/18/california-majority-party-by-county/" rel="nofollow">California Majority Party by County</a>. Jorge -

I find this chart potentially confusing because (a) there’s no indication of vertical scale, (b) the difference from 50% requires extra mental processing, (c) mixing of colors for a single series makes in unclear, particularly when one of the colors (red) is often used to denote the party which is not the one shown in the chart.

I’ve designed an alternative sparkline (image) and describe it in my post California Majority Party by County.

]]> By: California Majority Party by County » PTS Blog http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/chart-redesign-california-majority-party-by-county/comment-page-1/#comment-602 California Majority Party by County » PTS Blog Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:43:18 +0000 http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/?p=224#comment-602 [...] Camoes has proposed a sparkline chart to show the county majority party data. Jorge’s chart shows the difference between the [...] [...] Camoes has proposed a sparkline chart to show the county majority party data. Jorge’s chart shows the difference between the [...]

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