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#30DayChartChallenge - Day 4: Comparisons - Magical

data-visualisation
A waffle graph that doesn’t always make me new friends
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Cara Thompson

Building Stories with Data

Published

April 4, 2021

I read the trilogy in an attempt to better appreciate the films. It didn’t work. But at least I tried!

Some fun with geom_waffle()!

Code: github.com/cararthompson/30DayChartChallenge

Grid visualisation compares word counts of 'Lord of the Rings' and 'The Chronicles of Narnia' series. Each square represents 5,000 words. The 'Lord of the Rings' uses earthy tones, and 'Narnia' features diverse colours, highlighting the length differences.

In case anyone else is a tad concerned about the order of the Narnia books in the graph, here’s my source

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For attribution, please cite this work as:
Thompson, Cara. 2021. “#30DayChartChallenge - Day 4: Comparisons - Magical.” April 4, 2021. https://www.cararthompson.com/posts/2021-04-04-x30day-chart-challenge-day-4-comparisons/.