Lab 2.2

The dot chart and the waterfall chart has both pros and cons in showing the COVID cases in Illinois counties. The dot chart allows audience to quickly know which county has the most cases, which county has the least, and which county has more case than which county. However, audience has to think a bit if they want to know how many case of the top 10 counties. This is where the waterfall chart might be better because its stacked bars allows audience to quickly understand the cumulative number of cases.

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