Hawaii visitor arrivals in 2001
What is the frequency for Japan, Other, etc? It is hard to read values off the axes.
Explain to students that 3-dimensional versions of bar and pie charts may be visually attractive and are easy to produce in Microsoft Excel but should be avoided since the information is easier to understand in a simple bar or pie chart.
Two of the diagrams are particulary misleading.
The messages under the five diagrams explain problems with them.