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Season's Greetings and Holiday Pie Chart!

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Season's Greeting from Neubrain!


PIE CHART
- HOLIDAY EDITION -

 
Making pie is an activity that lets families embrace the true spirit of the holidays 
- warmth, laughter and quality time with family and friends.
 
A nationwide survey asked:
What are your top 3 favorite pies?

Note: Please take a closer look. Do you see anything wrong with this pie chart? Numbers do not add up to 100% because people selected their favorite 3 pies.

Holiday Pie Chart

A Recipe for When to Use Pie Charts:

There are some simple criteria that you can use to determine whether a pie chart is the right choice for your data.

1. Do the parts make up a meaningful whole? If not, use a different chart. Only use a pie chart if you can define the entire set in a way that makes sense to the viewer.

2. Are the parts mutually exclusive? If there is overlap between the parts, use a different chart.
 
3. Do you want to compare the parts to each other or the parts to the whole? If the main purpose is to compare between the parts, use a different chart. The main purpose of the pie chart is to show part-whole relationships.
 
4. How many parts do you have? If there are more than five to seven, use a different chart. Pie charts with lots of slices (or slices of very different size) are hard to read. 
 

Sources: https://eagereyes.org/techniques/pie-charts
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20111116006452/en#.VI2R1SvF-Sq


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