he forgot pie chart. I found that no matter how rational one can be about visualization, single pie chart can make world of a difference to a client.
edit: thanks for downvotes, I really appreciate how people can't recognize sarcasm. I'm very big on Tufte but it's easier to just give client damn pie chart than re-educate him on all aspects of data visualization.
A pie chart is best when you're trying to convey a minimal amount of information, such extremely inexact proportions–like "roughly a third" or "about half"–, within an extremely small dataset, capping at around ten items.
edit: thanks for downvotes, I really appreciate how people can't recognize sarcasm. I'm very big on Tufte but it's easier to just give client damn pie chart than re-educate him on all aspects of data visualization.