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Hanging Histogram
How’s The Histogram Hanging? The Perfect Solution For Asymmetrical Countries TRÉS CHIC¿ Living in a country that is not symmetrical can lead to a lot of annoyances: They range from the uneven distribution of resources, difficulties in transportation, infrastructure development and limited access to certain areas, to administrative complexity and cultural-linguistic fragmentation. First and foremost…
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Radical Makeovers – PART II
Radical Makeovers Unshrinking The World PART II In this series, we are analyzing and remaking poorly designed data visualizations found on the internet. Today’s chart has been ridiculed a lot on Twitter and surprisingly there seems to be more than version of this circling around.1,2 We will go with the graph constituting the original sin:…
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Radical Makeovers – PART I
Radical Makeovers Dr. Hochhaus’ Redemption PART I In this series, we are analyzing and remaking poorly designed data visualizations found on the internet. This first installment will focus on a particularly infamous graph created by a certain Dr. Hochhaus who seems to be interested in the yearly exports of bananas by country: This graph is…