[R] Pie Charts, Barplots, and Stacked Barplots

[Stephen Arthur]

Hi,

I've found the opinion of R-developers about pie
charts under piechart base documentation,

"Pie charts are a very bad way of displaying
information. The eye is good at judging linear
measures and bad at judging relative areas. 

A bar chart or dot chart is a preferable way of
displaying this type of data."

What is R's opinion about using barplots vs. using
stacked barplots when looking at appropriate data? 

I would think using a stacked barplot would be looked
down upon because one is judging relative areas again
as in a piechart instead of linear differences?

Thanks,

steve



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