Comments on: Bar Charts: Regular or Stacked?

By: Ann K. Emery | Removing Redundancies from My Old Graphs

Ann K. Emery | Removing Redundancies from My Old Graphs — Mon, 07 Aug 2017 12:59:59 +0000

[…] been showing you one tip at a time, like deciding how far you’ll stretch your scale, whether you’ll use a regular or stacked chart, and whether your chart will be oriented vertically or horizontally. Today, let’s check out […]

By: Ann K. Emery | Visualizing Survey Results: Check-All-That-Apply Questions

Ann K. Emery | Visualizing Survey Results: Check-All-That-Apply Questions — Fri, 04 Aug 2017 15:53:44 +0000

[…] I built stacked bar charts instead of regular bar charts because I wanted to remind viewers that while some people checked the survey boxes (dark blue) others did not (light blue). I only labeled the dark blue bars because that’s the segment that really matters. […]

By: Ann K. Emery

Ann K. Emery — Tue, 31 Jan 2017 05:08:35 +0000

In reply to Lea Pica. Great question. I was just talking about this during a workshop today. I'll blog about it one of these days!

By: Antoinette

Antoinette — Sun, 29 Jan 2017 06:11:23 +0000

Hi Ann I’ve been watching your videos on YouTube and find them very interesting. I have some questions about analysing surveys and I would like to make direct contact with you. I would very much appreciate your response.
I’m looking forward hearing from you.
Thanks
Regards

By: Lea Pica

Lea Pica — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 15:00:04 +0000

Always so useful, thank you Ann! I’d love to get your take on a burning chart labeling question.
I know that bar graphs should remain unbroken and stretch to the 0 axis in order to be interpreting accurately by our brains. But I have seen data labels placed inside the end of the bar. Sometimes I like this look for aesthetics / space saving purposes. But I can’t find a definitive answer on whether that is an optimal practice. Your thoughts?
Thank you for all you do!