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Benefits & pitfalls

Benefits & pitfalls: bubble chart

  • Using area or volume to represent data can distort data values, and exaggerate differences between values. For example, if the radius of the circle is used to represent data values, the area of the circle will quadruple if the data values double. There is also an issue of 'perceptual scaling' - the tendency of people to underestimate areas.

How to create your own

Create your own: bubble chart

  • Bubble charts can be created in a range of standard data applications such as Excel.

Create your own: table

  • Tables can be created in a range of standard data applications such as Excel.

Circular proportional area chart

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Comparison of peak sales and 2008 sales for various G.M. brands.
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bubble chart, table