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Radar Charts are a way of comparing multiple quantitative variables. This makes them useful for seeing which variables have similar values or if there are ... TheDataVisualisationCatalogue About  •  Blog  •  Shop  •  Resources Pagetop Previous Homepage Next RadarChart Description Asknownas:SpiderChart,WebChart,PolarChart,StarPlots. RadarChartsareawayofcomparingmultiplequantitativevariables.Thismakesthemusefulforseeingwhichvariableshavesimilarvaluesorifthereareanyoutliersamongsteachvariable.RadarChartsarealsousefulforseeingwhichvariablesarescoringhighorlowwithinadataset,makingthemidealfordisplayingperformance. Eachvariableisprovidedwithanaxisthatstartsfromthecentre.Allaxesarearrangedradially,withequaldistancesbetweeneachother,whilemaintainingthesamescalebetweenallaxes.Gridlinesthatconnectfromaxis-to-axisareoftenusedasaguide.Eachvariablevalueisplottedalongitsindividualaxisandallthevariablesinadatasetandconnectedtogethertoformapolygon. However,therearesomemajorflawswithRadarCharts: HavingmultiplepolygonsinoneRadarChartmakesithardtoread,confusingandtoocluttered.Especiallyifthepolygonsarefilledin,asthetoppolygoncoversalltheotherpolygonsunderneathit. Havingtoomanyvariablescreatestoomanyaxesandcanalsomakethecharthardtoreadandcomplicated.Soit'sgoodpracticetokeepRadarChartssimpleandlimitthenumberofvariablesused. AnotherflawwithRadarChartsisthatthey’renotsogoodforcomparingvaluesacrosseachvariable.Evenwiththeaidofthespiderweb-likegridguide.Comparingvaluesallonasinglestraightaxisismucheasier. Functions Comparisons Relationships Patterns Anatomy SimilarCharts ParallelCoordinatesPlot ToolstoGenerateVisualisation amCharts(code) AnyChart(code) Froala FusionCharts(code) GoogleDocs jChartFX(JavaScriptplugin) JSCharting(JSLibrary) OnlineChartTool Vizzlo ZingChart(code) Examples RadarChartGallery-AnyChart Wantyourworklinkedonthislist?ClickHere Needtoaccessthispageoffline?DownloadtheeBookfromhere. Merchandise&otherrelateddatavizproductscanbefoundatthestore