Timeline for Group vs Stacked Bar Plots
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| Jun 9, 2020 at 21:13 | comment | added | Matt Parker | Thanks, @baxx - updated. | |
| Jun 9, 2020 at 21:13 | history | edited | Matt Parker | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Replaced a missing plot, updated language a little
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| Jun 5, 2020 at 21:41 | comment | added | baxx | "example on this page", i think this link is dead | |
| Jan 16, 2011 at 20:46 | vote | accept | Elpezmuerto | ||
| Jan 13, 2011 at 22:02 | comment | added | glassy | Grouped bar chart is always preferable to stacked bar chart, because the latter makes the comparison of different series more difficult than the former. A brief discussion about different versions of stacked bar and grouped bar plot (marimekko chart, weighted grouped bar plot, etcetera) with some links can be found here: antoniorinaldi.it/data-visualization-for-two-ways-tables-1 | |
| Jan 12, 2011 at 18:50 | history | edited | Matt Parker | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
Fix link reference
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| Jan 12, 2011 at 2:02 | history | edited | Matt Parker | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
Changed to reflect edited question
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| Jan 12, 2011 at 0:58 | comment | added | Elpezmuerto | I updated to reflect I want bar plots not histograms. | |
| Jan 11, 2011 at 21:52 | comment | added | whuber♦ | +1 For the distinction between bar charts and histograms. (The difference becomes very clear when you consider how best to plot histograms with varying intervals, as illustrated at stata.com/support/faqs/graphics/histvary.html.) | |
| Jan 11, 2011 at 20:50 | comment | added | Matt Parker | Excellent point - that mostly negates the concern about varying group sizes, assuming non-response is about even across the questions. I still have difficulty comparing the "slightly concerned" proportions across groups, but the horizontal layout does seem easier. That post is a great resource - thanks for linking it here. | |
| Jan 11, 2011 at 20:39 | comment | added | chl | (+1) A possible exception is when we have a set of indicators (e.g., items in a questionnaire) with a fixed number of categories (e.g., Likert-type items), as discussed in Visualizing Likert Item Response Data, or a single crossing factor (e.g., gender), in which case an horizontal (we are better at visually discriminating along the horizontal than the vertical axis) stacked barchart might be interesting, IMO. | |
| Jan 11, 2011 at 20:30 | history | answered | Matt Parker | CC BY-SA 2.5 |