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From: Bourne, Sarah (ITD)
Date: Apr 20, 2012 10:05AM

Skirting your actual question, I would argue that a pie chart with 12 variables is unlikely to be usable by anybody.

For a long read about why this is so, see, "Getting Past the Pie Chart," by Veronique Greenwood at http://seedmagazine.com/content/article/getting_past_the_pie_chart/ :
"Above all, we should remember that throwing data into a chart is not always the route to greater understanding. Says Spence: 'There is a place for tables in the world.'"

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