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I’d like to answer or comment on search queries that bring readers to my blog. Here are some of them involving pie charts:
What is the usefulness of pie chart in research?
Research found that many pie charts resemble Pac-man.
Pie charts of the american revolution
They go very well with the Powerpoint version of the Gettysburg address.
How to [...]

I know, I know, no one likes pie charts, but I can’t ignore them. A pie chart compares proportions but it is of limited use: either the data is too complex and a pie chart can’t handle it, or it is too simple and you should just use a table. So, the first [...]

We all know how found of pie charts Tufte is:
A table is nearly always better than a dumb pie chart; the only worse design than a pie chart is several of them, for then the viewer is asked to compare quantities located in spatial disarray both within and between charts (…). Given their low [...]