Blaze (he/him) to Data is Beautiful@mander.xyzEnglish · 5 months agoHow big is the oil marketfiles.catbox.moeimagemessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1157arrow-down11
arrow-up1156arrow-down1imageHow big is the oil marketfiles.catbox.moeBlaze (he/him) to Data is Beautiful@mander.xyzEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squarecmac@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·5 months agoSince they’re rendered to look like spheres are the numbers proportional to the area of the circle, or the volume of the sphere?
minus-squarelemming934@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·5 months agoI’ve received the advice that you should always make your charts so that you numbers are proportional to a length, since people aren’t good at comparing areas (or volumes). So the numbers here probably ought to be proportional to diameters
minus-squaregandalf_der_12te@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI think it’s areas.
Since they’re rendered to look like spheres are the numbers proportional to the area of the circle, or the volume of the sphere?
I’ve received the advice that you should always make your charts so that you numbers are proportional to a length, since people aren’t good at comparing areas (or volumes).
So the numbers here probably ought to be proportional to diameters
Area of circle
I think it’s areas.