> "COMTE" == COMTE Guillaume <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I know it isn't the best way to represent data, but people
> are sometimes more interested by the look and feel than by
> the accuracy of the results...
If they aren't intersted in the results, why not just print some
rand
> On 19-Apr-06 Peter Ehlers wrote:
>> This discussion of 3-d pie charts comes at an opportune time. I have
>> just formulated a new theory of graphical information transfer which
>> is particularly simple in the case of 3-d pie charts.
>>
>> Let theta denote the angle between the normal to the pie
Rolf Turner wrote:
>
> People really ***should not*** be encouraged or abetted in
> wrong-headedness. Excel is terrible. Pie charts are terrible.
> Don't mess with them. Period.
>
Now I realise the opportunity I missed on April 1st, when I was going
to try and (anonymously) post the most
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À : Rolf Turner
Cc : [EMAIL PROTECTED]; COMTE Guillaume; r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch
Objet : Re: [R] 3D pie
Rolf Turner wrote:
> Gabor Grothendieck wrote:
>
>
>>Since everyone else wimped out with a tedious you-do-not-want-to-do-that,
>>here is a solution that uses R to contr
On 19-Apr-06 Peter Ehlers wrote:
> This discussion of 3-d pie charts comes at an opportune time. I have
> just formulated a new theory of graphical information transfer which
> is particularly simple in the case of 3-d pie charts.
>
> Let theta denote the angle between the normal to the pie cylind
On 4/19/06, Frank E Harrell Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Rolf Turner wrote:
> > Gabor Grothendieck wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Since everyone else wimped out with a tedious you-do-not-want-to-do-that,
> >>here is a solution that uses R to control Excel and create a 3d chart.
> >
> > .
> > .
> >
This discussion of 3-d pie charts comes at an opportune time. I have
just formulated a new theory of graphical information transfer which
is particularly simple in the case of 3-d pie charts.
Let theta denote the angle between the normal to the pie cylinder and
the pie-eyed line (connecting eye an
Rolf Turner wrote:
> Gabor Grothendieck wrote:
>
>
>>Since everyone else wimped out with a tedious you-do-not-want-to-do-that,
>>here is a solution that uses R to control Excel and create a 3d chart.
>
> .
> .
> .
>
> People really ***should not*** be encouraged or abetted in
> wron
Gabor Grothendieck wrote:
> Since everyone else wimped out with a tedious you-do-not-want-to-do-that,
> here is a solution that uses R to control Excel and create a 3d chart.
.
.
.
People really ***should not*** be encouraged or abetted in
wrong-headedness. Excel is terrible. Pie c
Since everyone else wimped out with a tedious you-do-not-want-to-do-that,
here is a solution that uses R to control Excel and create a 3d chart.
You will
need the RDCOMclient package that you can find via google.
library(RDCOMClient)
xl <- COMCreate("Excel.Application") # starts up Excel
xl[["V
.math.ethz.ch; Patrick Burns
> Subject: Re: [R] 3D pie
>
> >>>>> "PatBurns" == Patrick Burns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>>>> on Tue, 18 Apr 2006 19:09:25 +0100 writes:
>
> PatBurns> You can see my opinion of 3D piecharts at
>
> "PatBurns" == Patrick Burns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> on Tue, 18 Apr 2006 19:09:25 +0100 writes:
PatBurns> You can see my opinion of 3D piecharts at
PatBurns> http://www.burns-stat.com/pages/Tutor/spreadsheet_addiction.html
PatBurns> Patrick Burns [EMAIL PROTECTED] +44 (0)20
You can see my opinion of 3D piecharts at
http://www.burns-stat.com/pages/Tutor/spreadsheet_addiction.html
Patrick Burns
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
+44 (0)20 8525 0696
http://www.burns-stat.com
(home of S Poetry and "A Guide for the Unwilling S User")
COMTE Guillaume wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>
>
>Is there a w
R-help Readers might also find amusing the new Tufte paper: "The Cognitive
Style of PowerPoint", available from www.edwardtufte.com. (This is
a non-commercial announcement.)
url:www.econ.uiuc.edu/~roger/my.htmlRoger Koenker
email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Department o
On Mon, 2003-08-18 at 06:58, Frank E Harrell Jr wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 13:18:10 +0200
> Klaus-Peter Pleissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > is there a function for 3D pie representation in R ?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Klaus-P.
>
> I hope not. See Edward Tufte's writings on ch
Klaus-Peter Pleissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> is there a function for 3D pie representation in R ?
I certainly hope not!!!
(1) ``Given their low data density and failure to order numbers
along a visual dimension, pie charts should never be used.''
(Tuffte, Edward R., ``The Visual Display o
On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 13:18:10 +0200
Klaus-Peter Pleissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> is there a function for 3D pie representation in R ?
>
> Thanks
> Klaus-P.
I hope not. See Edward Tufte's writings on chartjunk.
Frank
>
>
> --
> Dr. Klaus-Peter Pleissner
> Max Planck Institu
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