Math 118

Pie Charts

1.) Read the following two articles, which can be found at the given links. 

Randle, T. (2015). What do you mean I’m not supposed to use pie charts?! Geckoboard.

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 Beschizza, R. (2008). MacWorlds iPhone pie chart: Perspective trick makes 19.5% look bigger than 21.2%. Wired.

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2.) Post a response of at least 150 words but not more than 350 words responding to the following.  

  • Do you agree with the first articles conclusion about pie charts?
  • How long did it take for you to catch the dishonesty going on in the pie chart shown in the second article?
  • Share how well you think this graph or chart does in displaying the data it represents. 

3.)  View the two , which data set do you feel is more suitable for a pie graph and why?