tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post7419002775460825968..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: U.S. mathematics, as of November 27, 2016Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-91596092886672527532016-11-29T07:24:11.514-05:002016-11-29T07:24:11.514-05:00Its a pie chart. Pie charts are inherently shitty....Its a pie chart. Pie charts are inherently shitty. Especially if the numbers are similar (by which I mean anything other than a 90/10 division of the pie). The human ie is REALLY bad at differentiating between angles. If you want to compare these figures, show it in a bar chart. Anyone can then see which one of the bars is higher than the other.Donalbainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-57176119355004563902016-11-29T02:05:02.059-05:002016-11-29T02:05:02.059-05:00Not to mention that Japan's 20.6% plus the U.S...Not to mention that Japan's 20.6% plus the U.S.'s 20% take up 50% of the chart, and China's 21.7% takes up well more than 25% of it. Those were the first things that caught my eye. The color business didn't occur to me at all, but it's obviously a problem.<br /><br />The heart in the middle is just plain silly, but since it doesn't affect the functionality of the chart, I Pennsylvania Pennynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-46724131404237329092016-11-28T14:22:40.478-05:002016-11-28T14:22:40.478-05:00LOL! Embarrassed I didn't catch that, but than...LOL! Embarrassed I didn't catch that, but thanks for showing me.Curly Charlannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-41996862765156028442016-11-28T13:54:02.796-05:002016-11-28T13:54:02.796-05:00The slices of this cherry (or strawberry or rhubar...The slices of this cherry (or strawberry or rhubarb) pie add up to only around 80% instead of 100%. The employee that created the pie probably forgot to insert another slice worth about 20% that said, "all other countries." Or maybe s/he thinks 80% = 100%.Southern Bubba, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12050992903794385204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-42352288357315111932016-11-28T12:36:11.227-05:002016-11-28T12:36:11.227-05:00Help, I'm a humanist. Is there a problem with ...Help, I'm a humanist. Is there a problem with this chart beyond the blinding color scheme? Curly Charlannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-15636283984721720212016-11-27T18:03:08.833-05:002016-11-27T18:03:08.833-05:00The name of this chart should be "red/green c...The name of this chart should be "red/green colorblind people can go suck it, for all I care." Actually, that should be the name of *most* charts.Prof Chiltepinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-35165510306118298962016-11-27T17:00:43.164-05:002016-11-27T17:00:43.164-05:00Shortly after the election, Neil deGrasse Tyson la...Shortly after the election, Neil deGrasse Tyson launched a new educational initiative:<br /><br />"Make America smart again."<br /><br />Fair use isn't the only potential problem with this, um, chart. Another is COOTIES!<br /><br />And it isn't what my lesser students can do. Those are mostly all down at the sheep unit. This is what my BETTER students can do: it has numbers and Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.com