U5.04
Sorting as the strongest readability device
Cards in this group · 5
- U5.04.1Nominal categories have no natural order, so whatever order a chart shows was somebody's choice
- U5.04.2Sorting a bar chart by value hands readers the ranking and the extremes for free
- U5.04.3Age bands or rating tiers should keep their natural order even if sorting by value looked tidier
- U5.04.4Side-by-side charts only support comparison across panels if they all share the same category order
- U5.04.5An unstated sort order leaves readers guessing, and they often guess alphabetical when it wasn't