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Filled Radar Charts Should not be Used to Compare Social Indicators

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The use of “radar charts” is an increasingly popular way to present spatial data in a visually interesting format. Some authors recommend using “filled radar charts” to compare the performance of observational units. Filled radar charts are not appropriate for such comparisons because the size of the area within the polygon is not invariant to the placement of the measures on the axes. As a result, altering the placement of the measures on the axes can result in reversing the order of observations or reversing the order of the same observation over time. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2013

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  • Roger Feldman, 2013. "Filled Radar Charts Should not be Used to Compare Social Indicators," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 111(3), pages 709-712, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:soinre:v:111:y:2013:i:3:p:709-712
    DOI: 10.1007/s11205-012-0028-6
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