Visualization type rules
Since there's a chapter dedicated to visualization types, Chapter 8, Beyond the Basic Chart Types, and since much of this book explores various visualizations, we won't take the time here to delve into a lengthy list of visualization type rules.
If you want to get additional information on this topic, I highly recommend checking out the Visual Vocabulary that Andy Kriebel created, and which was inspired by the Financial Times (https://ft-interactive.github.io/visual-vocabulary/), available on Tableau Public: https://public.tableau.com/profile/andy.kriebel#!/vizhome/VisualVocabulary/VisualVocabulary.
However, it does seem appropriate to review at least a couple of rules. Here, we will consider keeping shapes simple and effectively using pie charts.
Keep shapes simple
Too many shape details impede comprehension. This is because shape details draw the user's focus away from the data. Consider the following exercise using...