{"id":1545,"date":"2012-08-06T08:06:51","date_gmt":"2012-08-06T13:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rud.is\/b\/?p=1545"},"modified":"2017-04-02T22:51:15","modified_gmt":"2017-04-03T03:51:15","slug":"just-when-you-thought-it-was-safe-to-make-a-slopegraph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rud.is\/b\/2012\/08\/06\/just-when-you-thought-it-was-safe-to-make-a-slopegraph\/","title":{"rendered":"Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Make A Slopegraph"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to a nice call-out post link on <a href=\"http:\/\/flowingdata.com\/2012\/08\/06\/fox-news-continues-charting-excellence\/\">Flowing Data<\/a> in my RSS feeds this morning, I found Naomi Robbins&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/forbes\/welcome\/?toURL=https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/naomirobbins&amp;refURL=https:\/\/rud.is\/b&amp;referrer=https:\/\/rud.is\/b\">Effective Graphs<\/a> Forbes blog, perused the archives a bit and came across her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/forbes\/welcome\/?toURL=https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/naomirobbins\/2012\/06\/27\/arrow-charts-and-other-alternatives-to-multiple-pie-charts\/&amp;refURL=https:\/\/rud.is\/b&amp;referrer=https:\/\/rud.is\/b\">post on arrow charts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>She presented a nice comparison between (ugh) pie charts, arrow charts and slopegraphs. Sadly, both the NPR slopegraph and Peltier&#8217;s slopegraph included in the article committed some of the <a href=\"https:\/\/rud.is\/b\/2012\/06\/07\/slopegraphs-in-python-exploring-binningrounding\/\">cardinal sins of slopegraphs<\/a> I have pointed out previously. Let&#8217;s take a look (<i>click on each graphic to make them bigger<\/i>):<\/p>\n<p><center<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/rud.is\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Arrow-Charts-and-Other-Alternatives-to-Multiple-Pie-Charts-Forbes.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1546\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/rud.is\/b\/2012\/08\/06\/just-when-you-thought-it-was-safe-to-make-a-slopegraph\/arrow-charts-and-other-alternatives-to-multiple-pie-charts-forbes\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rud.is\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Arrow-Charts-and-Other-Alternatives-to-Multiple-Pie-Charts-Forbes.png?fit=488%2C434&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"488,434\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Arrow Charts and Other Alternatives to Multiple Pie Charts &amp;#8211; Forbes\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rud.is\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Arrow-Charts-and-Other-Alternatives-to-Multiple-Pie-Charts-Forbes.png?fit=300%2C266&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rud.is\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Arrow-Charts-and-Other-Alternatives-to-Multiple-Pie-Charts-Forbes.png?fit=488%2C434&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rud.is\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Arrow-Charts-and-Other-Alternatives-to-Multiple-Pie-Charts-Forbes.png?resize=300%2C266&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"Arrow Charts and Other Alternatives to Multiple Pie Charts - Forbes\" width=\"300\" height=\"266\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rud.is\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Arrow-Charts-and-Other-Alternatives-to-Multiple-Pie-Charts-Forbes.png?resize=300%2C266&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rud.is\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Arrow-Charts-and-Other-Alternatives-to-Multiple-Pie-Charts-Forbes.png?w=488&amp;ssl=1 488w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a  target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rud.is\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Arrow-Charts-and-Other-Alternatives-to-Multiple-Pie-Charts-Forbes-1.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1547\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/rud.is\/b\/2012\/08\/06\/just-when-you-thought-it-was-safe-to-make-a-slopegraph\/arrow-charts-and-other-alternatives-to-multiple-pie-charts-forbes-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rud.is\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Arrow-Charts-and-Other-Alternatives-to-Multiple-Pie-Charts-Forbes-1.png?fit=495%2C433&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"495,433\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Arrow Charts and Other Alternatives to Multiple Pie Charts &amp;#8211; Forbes-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rud.is\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Arrow-Charts-and-Other-Alternatives-to-Multiple-Pie-Charts-Forbes-1.png?fit=300%2C262&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rud.is\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Arrow-Charts-and-Other-Alternatives-to-Multiple-Pie-Charts-Forbes-1.png?fit=495%2C433&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rud.is\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Arrow-Charts-and-Other-Alternatives-to-Multiple-Pie-Charts-Forbes-1.png?resize=300%2C262&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"Arrow Charts and Other Alternatives to Multiple Pie Charts - Forbes-1\" width=\"300\" height=\"262\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rud.is\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Arrow-Charts-and-Other-Alternatives-to-Multiple-Pie-Charts-Forbes-1.png?resize=300%2C262&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rud.is\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Arrow-Charts-and-Other-Alternatives-to-Multiple-Pie-Charts-Forbes-1.png?w=495&amp;ssl=1 495w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use of binning\/rounding without annotation<\/li>\n<li>Use of binning\/rounding but not to show rate of change<\/li>\n<li>Stacking labels (presenting rank where none exists)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More faithful representations would be explicit rounding\/binning (to only show rate of change):<\/p>\n<p><center><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rud.is\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/groceries-binned.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1552\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/rud.is\/b\/2012\/08\/06\/just-when-you-thought-it-was-safe-to-make-a-slopegraph\/groceries-binned\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rud.is\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/groceries-binned.png?fit=1255%2C933&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1255,933\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"groceries-binned\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rud.is\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/groceries-binned.png?fit=300%2C223&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rud.is\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/groceries-binned.png?fit=510%2C379&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rud.is\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/groceries-binned.png?resize=300%2C223&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"groceries-binned\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rud.is\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/groceries-binned.png?resize=300%2C223&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rud.is\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/groceries-binned.png?resize=1024%2C761&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rud.is\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/groceries-binned.png?w=1255&amp;ssl=1 1255w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/centeR><\/p>\n<p>or the full scale version (warning: huge slopegraph) to accurately show the value differences and rate of change:<\/p>\n<p><center><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rud.is\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/groceries-orig.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1551\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/rud.is\/b\/2012\/08\/06\/just-when-you-thought-it-was-safe-to-make-a-slopegraph\/groceries-orig\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rud.is\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/groceries-orig.png?fit=1255%2C3886&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1255,3886\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"groceries-orig\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rud.is\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/groceries-orig.png?fit=96%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rud.is\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/groceries-orig.png?fit=330%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rud.is\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/groceries-orig.png?resize=96%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"groceries-orig\" width=\"96\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rud.is\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/groceries-orig.png?resize=96%2C300&amp;ssl=1 96w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rud.is\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/groceries-orig.png?zoom=2&amp;resize=96%2C300&amp;ssl=1 192w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rud.is\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/groceries-orig.png?zoom=3&amp;resize=96%2C300&amp;ssl=1 288w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The data set is small, so transcription is not really be an issue, but <span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"https:\/\/rud.is\/dl\/groceris.csv\">here is is for you<\/span> if you want to play with it some more.<\/p>\n<p>This is definitely a case where her arrow charts are a solid alternative to slopegraphs, so definitely check out her post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to a nice call-out post link on Flowing Data in my RSS feeds this morning, I found Naomi Robbins&#8217; Effective Graphs Forbes blog, perused the archives a bit and came across her post on arrow charts. She presented a nice comparison between (ugh) pie charts, arrow charts and slopegraphs. 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