Hello, is there a function for 3D pie representation in R ? Thanks Klaus-P. -- Dr. Klaus-Peter Pleissner Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology Campus Charit? Mitte Schumannstr. 21/22 D-10117 Berlin Germany phone: +49-30-28460-119 fax: +49-30-28460-507 email: pleissner at mpiib-berlin.mpg.de
On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 13:18:10 +0200 Klaus-Peter Pleissner <pleissner at mpiib-berlin.mpg.de> wrote:> Hello, > > is there a function for 3D pie representation in R ? > > Thanks > Klaus-P.I hope not. See Edward Tufte's writings on chartjunk. Frank> > > -- > Dr. Klaus-Peter Pleissner > Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology > Campus Charit? Mitte > Schumannstr. 21/22 > D-10117 Berlin > Germany > > > phone: +49-30-28460-119 > fax: +49-30-28460-507 > email: pleissner at mpiib-berlin.mpg.de > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help--- Frank E Harrell Jr Prof. of Biostatistics & Statistics Div. of Biostatistics & Epidem. Dept. of Health Evaluation Sciences U. Virginia School of Medicine http://hesweb1.med.virginia.edu/biostat
Klaus-Peter Pleissner <pleissner at mpiib-berlin.mpg.de> wrote:> is there a function for 3D pie representation in R ?I certainly hope not!!! (1) ``Given their low data density and failure to order numbers along a visual dimension, pie charts should never be used.'' (Tuffte, Edward R., ``The Visual Display of Quantitative Information'' Graphics Press, Chessire CT, 1983, p. 178.) (2) ``3D pie charts are even worse, as they also add a visual distortion ...'' (``How to Construct Bad Charts and Graphs'', Klass, Gary, Department of Politics and Government, Illinois State University, 2001.) (http://lilt.ilstu.edu/gmklass/pos138/datadisplay/badchart.htm) cheers, Rolf Turner rolf at math.unb.ca