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8 Advantages and 5 disadvantages of pie charts

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  A pie chart or circle chart is circular statistical chart graph, which is divided into slices to illustrate numerical proportions. While it is named for its resembleness to a pie which have been sliced, there are variation on the way it can be presented. Photo by fauxels on Pexels.com Advantages of pie chart: display relative proportions of multiple classes of data. require minimum addition explanations summarize a large data set into visual form. pie charts are easily understood due to its widespread use in business and media pie charts permit a visual check of the reasonableness or accuracy of calculation. pie charts are visually simpler than other types of graphs. size of the circle can be made proportional to the quantity it represents. disadvantages of pie chart: it does not easily reveal exact values. Values are expressed in terms of percentages or ratio therefore it is not easy to know the exact value represented the pie chart does not easily show changes over time pie ch...