Blaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyz to Data is Beautiful@mander.xyzEnglish · 4 months agoHow big is the oil marketfiles.catbox.moeexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down10
arrow-up17arrow-down1external-linkHow big is the oil marketfiles.catbox.moeBlaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyz to Data is Beautiful@mander.xyzEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squarecmac@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoSince they’re rendered to look like spheres are the numbers proportional to the area of the circle, or the volume of the sphere?
minus-squarelemming934@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoI’ve received the advice that you should always make your charts so that you numbers are proportional to a length, since people aren’t good at comparing areas (or volumes). So the numbers here probably ought to be proportional to diameters
minus-squaregandalf_der_12te@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI think it’s areas.
Since they’re rendered to look like spheres are the numbers proportional to the area of the circle, or the volume of the sphere?
Area of circle
I’ve received the advice that you should always make your charts so that you numbers are proportional to a length, since people aren’t good at comparing areas (or volumes).
So the numbers here probably ought to be proportional to diameters
I think it’s areas.