Now, let's look at how easily pie charts can be manipulated. Here's that same data as above, only on a 3D Pie Chart ... At left you'll see another example of the shortcomings of the pie chart.

How to describe this image: Pie charts should be converted in to lists or data tables. These charts are very simple so they can be converted into lists. Ignore extraneous visual elements such as the ...

In this example, you create a pie chart from the Fitness data set. If you have not already done so, open the Fitness data set by following these steps: ...

While 3D pie charts are problematic, one example where depth cues have been proven to help is network diagrams. This is a common chart type used, for example, for Twitter followers or President ...

Using the 3D version, can you tell the number of voters for each candidate in the highest income category? Not easily. We’ve shown some of the worst examples of pie charts to make a point.

Because the default outline color is also the first color in the list, the example uses the COUTLINE= option to assign black to the outlines. The second pie chart is a 3D pie chart with an exploded ...

Using the 3D version, can you tell the number of voters for each candidate in the highest income category? Not easily. We’ve shown some of the worst examples of pie charts to make a point.