Comments on: Bars as an Alternative to Bubble Charts http://flowingdata.com/2007/10/22/bars-as-an-alternative-to-bubble-charts/ Strength in Numbers Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:56:57 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jon Peltier http://flowingdata.com/2007/10/22/bars-as-an-alternative-to-bubble-charts/#comment-2023 Jon Peltier Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:56:15 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/2007/10/22/bars-as-an-alternative-to-bubble-charts/#comment-2023 Hi Nathan - I finally got around to making an alternative chart to your floating stacked bar chart above, which is simpler, easier to interpret, and easier to produce: http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/2008/03/06/clustered-bars-as-an-alternative-to-stacked-bars-or-bubbles/ Let me know what you think. Hi Nathan -

I finally got around to making an alternative chart to your floating stacked bar chart above, which is simpler, easier to interpret, and easier to produce:

http://peltiertech.com/WordPre.....r-bubbles/

Let me know what you think.

]]> By: Jon Peltier http://flowingdata.com/2007/10/22/bars-as-an-alternative-to-bubble-charts/#comment-1614 Jon Peltier Mon, 11 Feb 2008 12:48:48 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/2007/10/22/bars-as-an-alternative-to-bubble-charts/#comment-1614 The modified bar chart almost works. I find that the width of the bars is somewhat distracting, and the gap between the columns of bars makes it hard to compare their relative heights (unless there is a large difference). I think a clustered bar or column chart would be at least as effective as this chart (and well beyond the bubble chart in the first article, which was absolutely the wrong type to use). The modified bar chart almost works. I find that the width of the bars is somewhat distracting, and the gap between the columns of bars makes it hard to compare their relative heights (unless there is a large difference). I think a clustered bar or column chart would be at least as effective as this chart (and well beyond the bubble chart in the first article, which was absolutely the wrong type to use).

]]> By: Hadley Wickham http://flowingdata.com/2007/10/22/bars-as-an-alternative-to-bubble-charts/#comment-77 Hadley Wickham Mon, 22 Oct 2007 22:53:49 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/2007/10/22/bars-as-an-alternative-to-bubble-charts/#comment-77 They can't be any more sparse than the equivalent bubble chart, can they? They can’t be any more sparse than the equivalent bubble chart, can they?

]]> By: Nathan http://flowingdata.com/2007/10/22/bars-as-an-alternative-to-bubble-charts/#comment-75 Nathan Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:16:42 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/2007/10/22/bars-as-an-alternative-to-bubble-charts/#comment-75 I was just talking about a direct alternative to a bubble chart in a table layout, but yeah, for sure, mosaic plots are great for this type of categorical data. I'm not a huge fan of fluctuation diagrams however. They often seem to be really sparse. I was just talking about a direct alternative to a bubble chart in a table layout, but yeah, for sure, mosaic plots are great for this type of categorical data. I’m not a huge fan of fluctuation diagrams however. They often seem to be really sparse.

]]> By: Hadley Wickham http://flowingdata.com/2007/10/22/bars-as-an-alternative-to-bubble-charts/#comment-73 Hadley Wickham Mon, 22 Oct 2007 12:51:30 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/2007/10/22/bars-as-an-alternative-to-bubble-charts/#comment-73 You should probably also read up on fluctuation diagrams and mosaic plots, which can be more informative for this type of data. You should probably also read up on fluctuation diagrams and mosaic plots, which can be more informative for this type of data.

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