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Beitrag der Steuerpflichtigen zum Einkommensteueraufkommen | Beitrag der Steuerpflichtigen zum Einkommensteueraufkommen | ||
===Critics on the table=== | |||
*little data-ink ratio | |||
There is too many unnecessary ink used for the graphic, because the important text and values need less place against the borders around them, but not enough to stand out clearly. | |||
The greater the ratio of the ink that you use to communicate the data to the total | |||
amount of ink in the table or graph (i.e., the closer its value is to one), the better | |||
you’ve highlighted the data [Few 2004b]. | |||
===Correction of the table === | |||
===Which changes have been made and why is the changed one better than the original table?=== | |||
===References=== | |||
*[Few, 2004a]:Stephen Few, Show Me the Numbers: Designing Tables and Graphs to Enlighten, Analytics Press, 2004, Chapter 7 - General Design for Communication. | |||
*[Few, 2004b]: Stephen Few, Elegance Through Simplicity, intelligent enterprise, Oct 16, 2004. | |||
[http://www.intelligententerprise.com/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=N2ATDQWY5VYKSQSNDBGCKHSCJUMEKJVN?articleID=49400920 http://www.intelligententerprise.com/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=N2ATDQWY5VYKSQSNDBGCKHSCJUMEKJVN?articleID=49400920] | |||
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Beitrag der Steuerpflichtigen zum Einkommensteueraufkommen
Critics on the table
- little data-ink ratio
There is too many unnecessary ink used for the graphic, because the important text and values need less place against the borders around them, but not enough to stand out clearly. The greater the ratio of the ink that you use to communicate the data to the total amount of ink in the table or graph (i.e., the closer its value is to one), the better you’ve highlighted the data [Few 2004b].
Correction of the table
Which changes have been made and why is the changed one better than the original table?
References
- [Few, 2004a]:Stephen Few, Show Me the Numbers: Designing Tables and Graphs to Enlighten, Analytics Press, 2004, Chapter 7 - General Design for Communication.
- [Few, 2004b]: Stephen Few, Elegance Through Simplicity, intelligent enterprise, Oct 16, 2004.