Date:         Tue, 2 Sep 2003 16:07:21 +0200
Reply-To:     Michaël Opgenhaffen
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From:         Michaël Opgenhaffen
              <michael.opgenhaffen@SOC.KULEUVEN.AC.BE>
Subject:      Re: Bad news about SPSS 12.0
Comments: To: David Hitchin <D.H.Hitchin@sussex.ac.uk>
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I think this 3d-effect is an option, thus we're not forced to use this...

At 15:01 2-9-2003 +0100, David Hitchin wrote:
>I learn from
><http://www.spss.com/spssbi/spss/brochures.htm>
>that SPSS 12.0 will include "3-D effects for pie and bar charts".
>
>Is there an honest statistician in his or her right mind who would
>recommend these?
>
>There seems to be very strong case for arguing that everything
>non-essential added to a plot makes it harder to read. Perhaps these
>gimmicks could be useful when embarrassing information has to be displayed,
>and some way has to be found to make it hard to read.
>
>David Hitchin