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Proportional pie chart of the world's most spoken languages
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Peter Simon
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Printing Jun 16, 2015

Hey, guys, there's a link above, at the end of the intro text, leading to a 2000px version of the chart, you can even enlarge it on your screen and that shows that it could be printed in A2, probably in even A1 format or larger very well. If I enlarge it, it is wider than my 24" screen and the bottom section is still very sharp.

[Edited at 2015-06-16 10:17 GMT]
 
Dan Lucas
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Isn't that rather important Jun 16, 2015

Peter Simon wrote:
one only has the problem that the eye finds it difficult to compare an irregular triangle with an even more irregular deltoid where at least one side is a semi-circle.

So the "only" problem is that a chart meant to allow us to easily compare the data doesn't allow us to easily compare the data?

Regards
Dan
 
Tom in London
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Indeed Jun 16, 2015

Dan Lucas wrote:

Peter Simon wrote:
one only has the problem that the eye finds it difficult to compare an irregular triangle with an even more irregular deltoid where at least one side is a semi-circle.

So the "only" problem is that a chart meant to allow us to easily compare the data doesn't allow us to easily compare the data?

Regards
Dan


Indeed. The task is probably impossible (and futile) bearing in mind, for example, this little bar chart of Native American languages alone !

https://technaverbascripta.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/langrank1.jpg
 
Peter Simon
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Indeed, Dan, Jun 16, 2015

Dan Lucas wrote:

Peter Simon wrote:
one only has the problem that the eye finds it difficult to compare an irregular triangle with an even more irregular deltoid where at least one side is a semi-circle.

So the "only" problem is that a chart meant to allow us to easily compare the data doesn't allow us to easily compare the data?

Regards
Dan


If that's your problem with what I've written, then devise a better chart expressing the same amount of information yourself, then bear the consequences ...

By the way, nobody said that expressing so much and such information on a single chart is meant to allow you to easily compare the data. Statistics is obviously a very hazy field for you.

[Edited at 2015-06-16 22:12 GMT]
 
ipv
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Conclusion Jun 19, 2015

"Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better." Samuel Beckett


[Edited at 2015-06-19 17:24 GMT]
 
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