Here’s why you should (almost) never use a pie chart for your data

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@KimballCall Any form of pie charts are the worse way to represent data 95% of the time. I wouldn’t waste time taking that serious. https://t.co/gvZncKaVRs

@dialecsost Petita recomanació: https://t.co/101mq6k88r

@daniel647543 @KosSamaras @AndrewHunterAUS They’re really not (although I agree the scaling makes them worse). Here are a couple of explainers https://t.co/cbcA8a3uCI https://t.co/ptytpxpPYn

@ABSStats https://t.co/cC4N70pOH0

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