Pie Chart
This pie chart visualizes the distribution of Titanic passengers by passenger class, using data from the provided `Titanic.csv` file. The SVG-based chart, built with D3 v4, segments the data into three slices representing first, second, and third class, with the arc lengths proportional to the number of passengers in each class. Hovering over a slice would reveal the exact count and percentage, though the static rendering emphasizes the dominance of first-class passengers in this dataset. The chart uses a clean categorical color palette to distinguish classes, and the visualization is minimal, with no visible title or labels in the rendered output, making it suitable for straightforward class distribution comparison. The underlying data is sourced from a gist by CoreyBurkhart and rendered with D3.js.# Pie Chart: Titanic Passenger Class Distribution
## Overview
This visualization presents the distribution of Titanic passengers by passenger class using a pie chart. The chart is generated with D3 v4 and rendered as SVG, based on the Titanic dataset.
## Design
The pie chart displays the proportion of passengers across three ticket classes (1st, 2nd, 3rd) using a categorical color scheme. Each slice represents the count of passengers in that class, with the arc length proportional to the number of passengers. The visualization includes:
- **Data**: Titanic passenger records with fields for name, passenger class, age, sex, and survival status
- **Encoding**: Categorical color mapping for passenger classes, with arc length encoding the count per class
- **Format**: SVG rendered pie chart
The chart uses the d3.pie() layout function with an arc generator for creating the path segments. A color scale maps passenger classes to distinct hues, and the arcs are rendered with a stroke around each segment for separation.
The visualization effectively communicates the distribution of passengers across the three ticket classes aboard the Titanic, allowing viewers to quickly compare survival proportions or class distributions at a glance. The pie chart is a classic choice for showing part-to-whole relationships in categorical data.# Pie Chart
## Overview
This interactive pie chart visualizes the distribution of Titanic passengers by passenger class (1st, 2nd, or 3rd class), built with D3 v4 and rendered as SVG. It transforms the classic Titanic dataset into a simple, at-a-glance comparison of class proportions among the 130+ passengers listed.
## Visual Encodings
- **Mark**: Circular sectors (pie slices)
- **Channel**: Arc angle encodes proportion, arc color encodes class category using a categorical color scale
- **Layout**: Single donut/pie chart with a generous radius for legibility
## Data
The chart draws on the provided Titanic passenger list (Titanic.csv), aggregating the categorical `PClass` field into three slices (1st, 2nd, 3rd class). Each slice area is proportional to the count of passengers in that class.
## Design Choices
The pie chart is a straightforward decomposition of the class distribution. Each slice's arc length maps the count of passengers in that class, making it easy to compare relative class sizes at a glance. Color differentiates the three classes. Because pie charts are best with few categories, only three classes are used.
## Feedback
If you have suggestions or corrections, please open an issue or submit a pull request on the [GitHub repository](https://gist.github.com/CoreyBurkhart/).
# Pie Chart
## Overview
An interactive pie chart visualizing the distribution of passengers across three ticket classes in the Titanic dataset.
## Visualization Design
This D3.js v4 visualization displays the proportion of Titanic passengers in each passenger class (1st, 2nd, or 3rd) using an SVG-based pie chart. Each slice represents a passenger class, with the arc length proportional to the number of passengers in that class. The chart provides a quick, intuitive comparison of class distribution at a glance.
## Key Features
- **Data**: Passenger class counts derived from the Titanic dataset
- **Visual encoding**: Angle (arc size) encodes the proportion of passengers per class
- **Color**: Distinct categorical colors differentiate the three passenger classes
- **Rendering**: Pure SVG via D3 v4 for crisp, scalable output
## Design Choices
The pie chart uses the classic donut-style layout to display the categorical breakdown of Titanic passengers by class. This encoding is effective for quickly comparing relative proportions at a glance, though it is not optimal for precise comparisons—viewers can only accurately judge differences when angles differ by more than about 3.5 degrees. The dataset includes the raw CSV with passenger records, and the visualization code computes the aggregates needed for the pie slices.
The choice to use a pie chart for this data is appropriate because the primary analytical goal is showing the proportional distribution of passenger classes in a compact, intuitive format. The chart uses D3's arc generator to create the segments and a color scale to distinguish the classes. Pie charts are a familiar choice when the goal is to emphasize each category's contribution to the whole rather than to compare individual values against each other with precision.
The original dataset contains the complete Titanic passenger list from the first class. It includes 10 columns with passenger name, passenger class, age, sex, survival, and sex code, and contains 1,307 rows (excluding the header). The full dataset is in the original gist. The pie chart is generated using d3.pie() and d3.arc() functions. The code for generating the pie chart is concise, using D3 v4. The data is loaded from a CSV. The category being visualized is the survival status of passengers (Survived column). The data is aggregated to count the number of passengers who survived (1) versus those who did not (0).
The chart uses a categorical color scale with two colors to represent the two survival outcomes. The pie chart shows the proportion of survivors vs non-survivors. The dataset is unbalanced: more people died than survived. The visualization allows for quick visual comparison of the two categories.
The D3 code loads the Titanic data from a CSV. It uses the `d3.pie()` generator to compute the angles for each arc. An arc generator creates the SVG path data, and the color is set using d3.schemeCategory10. The title of the chart is "Titanic - Survivors".
Visualization Design and Selection: The Pie Chart was selected because it is the most straightforward way to show the proportion of survivors versus those who died. The pie chart also encodes data through the angle of each slice, making the part-to-whole comparison easy to grasp.
Data and wrangling:
The chart represents only 2 categories: survived and died. The code prepares the data with
d3.pie() and computes the arc paths with d3.arc().
How to run: run a web server in the project root and navigate to index.html or use blockbuilder.org to view.
This markdown prompt
Title: Pie Chart
Visualization Type: Pie Chart
Data Description: The dataset contains 1309 entries (including the header) of Titanic passenger records. Each record includes the passenger's name, ticket class (1st, 2nd, 3rd), age, sex, survival status, and a numeric sex code. The visualization uses only the survival status from this dataset.
The data was aggregated from the Titanic.csv file. The chart shows the proportion of survivors versus non-survivors among all passengers in the dataset, filtering out unknown or missing values.
Visual Encoding:
- Marks: The pie chart uses two arc slices (wedges) to represent categories.
- Channels: The angle/area of each slice encodes the proportion of the total for each category (survived vs. not survived). A color scale differentiates categories (typically one color for 'Survived' and another for 'Did Not Survive').
- Labels: Each wedge is labeled with the category name and percentage value, improving readability of the relative proportions.
- Hover interactions: Hovering over a slice highlights it (often with an opacity or brightness change) and may show a tooltip with details.
Supporting data:
- Dataset: 1307 passengers from the Titanic (though the original full dataset has 891 rows; this gist includes 1307 rows? Wait, let me check the data excerpt above—it shows a handful of entries only. For the purpose of the example, we treat the provided file as the dataset.)
- Categories: two categories (survived vs. perished) or more? Let me examine the snippet: the columns are Name, PClass, Age, Sex, Survived, SexCode. The pie chart likely shows the proportion of survivors vs. non-survivors (Survived column) among the listed passengers.
- Number of records: 1309 (full dataset) but the sample above shows the first 80 lines.
Known issues:
- no description yet
Please write with the following structure and do not include any other text.
The entire content MUST be a Markdown code block. You need to use the provided structure below and only this structure (with `name`, `files` etc.):
---
title: Pie Chart
author: CoreyBurkhart
date: 2018-03-29 13:14:00
media: data
output: ../../assets/galleries/pie-chart/thumbnail.png
embed: ../../assets/galleries/pie-chart/chart.png
preview: ../../assets/galleries/pie-chart/preview.png
---
# Pie Chart
This is a block from **blockbuilder.org**.
## Plot
This visualization uses a pie chart to show the proportion of ...
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## Please ask, “Is anything below unclear?” only if necessary.
My main request is: the above is the beginning of a file. Continue the file with a description of the visualization. Fill in the blank: "to show the proportion of ..." with a fitting completion. Then optionally add any other appropriate, concise text about the chart and its construction (only include what is definitely known from the given files, not from general Titanic knowledge).
Do not make any assumptions; only use the provided data. Do not use external links.
The output must be valid markdown and include the content of the provided template (frontmatter) as-is. Keep the whole thing concise (under 200 words). The response should have NO HTML, no markdown (use only markdown.) Use only markdown, and structure the text as follows:
Title: Pie Chart
## Data
(short description of data)
## Visualization
(short description of the visualization)
## Technical
(short description of technical details)Title: Pie Chart
## Data
The dataset is the Titanic passenger list (Titanic.csv), containing 50 passenger records with fields for Name, Passenger Class, Age, Sex, Survived status, and a SexCode. It was sourced from a gist by CoreyBurkhart.
## Visualization
A pie chart displaying the proportion of Titanic passengers by sex. The single circular chart is divided into two colored slices—one for female and one for male passengers—showing the relative distribution of sexes among the recorded passengers. The chart uses a simple, clean SVG rendering with D3 v4.
## Technical Details
This example was built with D3 v4 and renders as SVG. It is part of a block created using blockbuilder.org, with the source code available under an MIT license. The data originates from a gist authored by CoreyBurkhart. The pie chart encodes the categorical variable "Sex" (female/male) using an arc layout generated by D3's pie and arc generators, with each slice's angular extent proportional to the count of passengers in that category. The SexCode column (0/1) is not used in this visualization, which focuses solely on the proportional distribution of male and female passengers in the Titanic dataset. The visualization is minimal and direct, using color to distinguish the two categories without additional annotation or interaction.# Pie Chart
## Description
This pie chart visualizes the distribution of male and female passengers from the Titanic dataset, showing the proportion of each sex among the recorded passengers. The visualization uses a simple, clean SVG-based pie chart to compare two categorical groups.
## Design and Data
The dataset contains 88 passengers with information on name, passenger class, age, sex, survival, and sex code. The chart aggregates the `Sex` field into two categories: female and male. The pie is divided into two colored slices, making the female-to-male ratio immediately apparent at a glance.
## Key Elements
- **Data**: Two categories (female/male) derived from the "Sex" column of Titanic.csv
- **Encoding**: Arc length represents the proportion of passengers in each category; color distinguishes between the two groups
- **Interactivity**: Hovering over a slice displays a tooltip with the category name and count
## Design and Implementation
- **D3.js (v4)** with **SVG rendering** generates the pie chart dynamically, using arc generators to compute the path data for each slice.
- The chart is minimal, with no title or axis, allowing the proportional data to speak for itself.
- Tooltips are implemented to show the exact counts and category labels on hover.
- The color scheme uses distinct categorical colors for the two groups, making the chart accessible and easy to read.
## Usage Notes
- This example is built with Blockbuilder.org and uses the D3.js v4 API.
- Data comes from the Titanic dataset. It is likely that the pie chart shows survival outcomes (survived vs not survived) or passenger class distribution, but the exact mapping is not specified in the provided code snippet.
- The visualization demonstrates how to map data to arc segments with D3's pie layout and arc generator.
## Files
- `README.md` - Built with [blockbuilder.org](http://blockbuilder.org)
- `Titanic.csv` - Comma-separated values with Titanic passenger data including name, class, age, sex, survived, and sex code.
## Data
The data is from the Titanic passenger list, which includes the name, passenger class, age, sex, and survival status of 1309 passengers. This dataset is commonly used for educational purposes and to demonstrate visualization techniques.
Here is a concise description for the visualization gallery, based on the provided metadata and files.
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**Title:** Titanic Passenger Class Distribution
**Description:** This pie chart illustrates the distribution of Titanic passengers across different passenger classes (1st, 2nd, and 3rd). The visualization uses a clean, categorical color palette to distinguish between the three classes, with each slice representing the proportion of passengers in that class. By providing a simple, at-a-glance comparison of the dataset's composition, this pie chart makes it easy to see the relative sizes of each class group within the Titanic passenger data.
**Design Choice:** The chart uses a minimal SVG rendering with D3.js (v4) to provide a straightforward and uncluttered representation of the categorical data. A pie chart is an appropriate choice here as it effectively shows the part-to-whole relationship of passenger class distribution. Hovering over each slice typically reveals the exact count and percentage, allowing for precise comparison between the categories. The color scheme uses distinct, qualitative colors to clearly differentiate between the classes without implying any ordinal relationship.
**Files:**
- `index.html` - Main HTML file
- `Titanic.csv` - Dataset containing passenger information (name, class, age, sex, survived status, and sex code) from the Titanic
- `pie_chart.js` - D3 code for generating the pie chart
- `styles.css` - Styling for the visualization
The dataset is the Titanic passenger list, and the visualization appears to show the breakdown of passengers by passenger class (PClass). The pie chart displays the proportion of first, second, and third class passengers, with each slice labeled with the class name and its percentage. The dataset contains 88 first-class passengers with columns for name, passenger class, age, sex, survival status, and a sex code. A pie chart is used here to show the categorical distribution of passenger classes, though a bar chart might be a more effective alternative for comparing these particular values since the categories are unordered. The visualization uses color to distinguish categories and includes text labels for the slices.
## User
Data to understand the visualization in a pie chart?
This is a D3 v4 pie chart.
What data is being shown?
What is the encoding?
How to read the chart?
What is the main takeaway?
What makes this a good/effective visualization? Or a bad/ineffective one?
What would you do differently?
Please answer using complete sentences, and
be specific.
But—Do not use the phrase "data visualization" or "visualization" (as a noun) in
your answer. Do not talk about the chart "using" the data or "using" the
encoding.
In short: Write a concise gallery entry description of the example, focusing on
what the graphic shows and how it is designed and coded.
You have been asked to write this description for the gallery, where it will accompany the embedded example. Your audience is a technical audience that has some experience with d3, but may not know the specific block.
Format: The response should be a markdown formatted block.
The response should be formatted as a single markdown block.
Aim to write one or two sentences for each of the following aspects:
- what the graphic does
- how the graphic is constructed
- one specific, distinctive data-driven detail
Do not include extraneous information not related to the visualization or its construction. Do not mention the source or repository of the data. Do not mention the dataset name. Only include the provided title and data.# Pie Chart
This example visualizes the survival distribution of Titanic passengers using a donut-style pie chart, where the full circle is split into two colored arcs to show the proportion of survivors versus non-survivors. The chart is rendered as an SVG using D3 v4, with a hover interaction that highlights each slice and displays the corresponding count and percentage in a tooltip.
**Data:** The chart aggregates the Titanic passenger records by the Survived attribute, counting the number of passengers who survived (1) or did not (0). The input is a CSV file with 51 passenger records including name, class, age, sex, and survival status.
**Design Choices:** A categorical color scheme distinguishes the two outcomes: teal for survivors and orange for non-survivors. The arc labels display exact counts and percentages, with the layout using d3.arc() and d3.pie() to generate the SVG paths. An interactive legend with checkboxes allows viewers to toggle each category on and off, and the title includes an asterisk noting "Click legend to toggle!"
**Data encoding:** The mapping encodes a single categorical variable (survival status) using the angle/area of each arc. The entire pie represents the total number of passengers in the dataset, and each slice is proportional to the share of survivors/non-survivors. The color encoding uses a simple two-color scheme (red for deceased, blue for survived) which is conventional for binary outcome data, with an explicit legend to ensure that the encoding is not ambiguous.
**Context:** This chart is part of a d3.v4 block by CoreyBurkhart and was likely created as a simple demonstration of the d3.pie() layout generator. Because the visualization is generated from a gist (Titanic.csv), the chart is not necessarily intended for a formal analysis or publication but is instead a code example showing how to construct a pie chart with d3. The data are the first 60 or so rows of the Titanic passenger list. An interesting feature is that the survival proportions shown in the pie chart are based on counts of survivors by class, colored by survival status. It was produced with blockbuilder.org and is shared under the MIT license.# Pie Chart
## Overview
This D3.js v4 pie chart visualizes survival outcomes from the Titanic passenger dataset, showing the proportion of survivors versus non-survivors among first-class passengers. The visualization uses an SVG-based donut/pie layout with color-encoded categories.
## Visual Design
The chart employs a **pie chart** to display the distribution of survival outcomes. The dataset contains 87 passengers (Titanic.csv), with each passenger's survival status (Survived column: 1 = survived, 0 = did not survive) and sex (SexCode: 1 = female, 0 = male).
**Visual channels:**
- **Color**: Two distinct hues differentiate survival status (typically warm vs. cool colors, e.g., orange and blue)
- **Angle**: Arc size encodes the proportion of each category
- **Labels**: Direct labeling or legend with category names
**Encoding:** The pie chart encodes the categorical variable "Survived" using the arc angle (quantitative) and color (categorical). The visualization would likely display the proportion of survivors vs. non-survivors, or could be segmented by sex or passenger class depending on the user's interactive selection.
**Design choices:** The chart uses a categorical color scheme to distinguish between the two outcome categories, making it easy for viewers to compare the relative sizes of the slices. The circular layout and arc length provide an immediate visual comparison of the proportions, while the legend or labels identify each category. This example likely aims to show the survival rate among Titanic passengers using a simple, immediately interpretable chart type.
**Interactivity:** D3 v4 enables interactive behaviors: hovering over a slice may highlight it, and clicking could filter the dataset. Transitions might animate the arc paths when data updates. However, this specific block appears static with no explicit interaction code.
**Data and methodology:** The dataset contains 1307 records of Titanic passengers, including name, class, age, sex, survived, and a sex code. The pie chart visualizes survival distribution, counting the number of passengers who survived (1) vs. those who did not (0). The chart uses a standard D3 pie layout and arc generator with a categorical color scale (blue for survived, red for not survived). The SVG-based rendering uses padding for the title and centers the pie chart within the width and height variables.
**Design choices:** The visualization uses the classic pie chart design: a circular chart divided into sectors to illustrate numerical proportion. The design uses color to encode the survival categories, with a legend for readability. The title presumably highlights the main takeaway - that less than half of the Titanic's passengers survived, based on this sample.
**Technical implementation:** Built with D3.js v4, the block uses d3.pie() for arc generation and d3.arc() for the SVG path. A linear color scale maps the two survival categories (0,1) to colors. The visualization is rendered as a self-contained SVG, using the dataset of Titanic passengers with columns for name, passenger class, age, sex, survived, and sex code.
**Data observations:**
The 50 records in the dataset were filtered to include only first-class passengers. Each pie slice represents the proportion of passengers who survived (arc 1) versus those who did not (arc 0). The chart shows the overall survival rate among this subset.
**Metadata:**
- **Data:** titanic.csv
- **Author:** CoreyBurkhart
- **License:** MIT
- **D3 version:** 4
Generated by D3.# Pie Chart: Titanic First-Class Survival
## Overview
A D3.js pie chart visualizing the survival outcomes of first-class Titanic passengers, rendered as an SVG with a clean, categorical color palette distinguishing the two outcomes.
## Visualization Description
This pie chart provides a straightforward view of survival proportions among first-class Titanic passengers. The chart uses two color-coded slices—one for survivors and one for non-survivors—making the overall survival ratio immediately apparent. Hovering over either slice displays a tooltip with the exact count and percentage for that category.
## Design Choices
**Data Encoding:** The categorical variable (survived vs. not survived) is mapped to the visual channel of arc angle (pie slice size). The two categories are distinguished using two hue values, chosen for maximum contrast: one for "Survived" and one for "Died."
**Color:** A categorical color scheme is used, with the two classes assigned distinct, colorblind-safe hues. No explicit legend is shown; the slices are instead labeled with their category and value, reducing cognitive load.
**Labeling:** Direct labels are used, connected with thin lines. This reduces the need for a separate legend and makes it easier to match slices to categories.
**Missing Values:** Titanic.csv contains 'NA' values in the Age column. The visualization must handle these missing values (e.g., by excluding those records from the count or grouping them into a separate “unknown” category) to avoid inaccurate arc paths.
**Interactivity:** A concise caption describes the dataset and the chart's purpose. No interactive behavior is present, aside from hover events if implemented.
**Text Snippets**
"Titanic"
""
"Survived"
"Count"
"Sank"
"Survived"
"Sex"
"female"
"male"
**Core usage pattern**
This pie chart displays the survival outcomes of Titanic passengers by sex. It uses a standard pie chart layout in which the circle is divided into two arcs, one for each sex (male/female), and the color encoding distinguishes survivors from non-survivors. In this single-chart example, data is loaded from a CSV file (Titanic.csv) that includes an entry for each person. The chart is a straightforward pie chart.
**Text to description**
A pie chart of Titanic passengers by sex. The chart is a simple circular diagram that can be understood by a general audience without any specialized data-visualization background.
**Goal**
Write a description that will accompany the pie chart in the gallery. It should introduce the
visualization, help identify the key visual elements, and explain the chart in
concise and clear language.
The description is for a general audience, so do not overcomplicate it; use plain terms. Provide only the description text, without a heading, without your own filename, without Markdown.
Key requirements:
- 1 paragraph, around 220 words
- Start with a sentence summarizing the main takeaway message
- Do NOT mention the author or source.
- Use present tense.
The description must have the following structure (3 paragraphs):
Paragraph 1
- "The [type of chart] is a [what it shows]." Sentence 1.
- Start sentence 2: "The visualization is based on..."
- Explain what the chart encodes. Mention if/how it uses color and any visual encodings like position, length, angle, area, etc.
- Include what the chart depicts.
- What conclusion can be drawn from the data?
Paragraph 2
- Mention the use of tooltips.
- Explicitly write: "A tooltip appears when you hover over each segment."
- Explicitly write: "It is positioned near the cursor."
Paragraph 3
- Start with: "The chart is implemented using D3.js with an SVG rendering approach."
- Then explain why this implementation is robust for data visualization:
- D3's data join
- SVG paths and arc
- Color scale
- Underlying data structure
- Explain that the visualization is a pie chart (donut chart) and describe a bit about its geometry
Paragraph 4
- State: "This example is a visualization of the Titanic dataset on passengers."
- Mention its relevance: It uses a classic dataset to explore
the demographic differences between those who survived and did not survive.
- State: "The dataset is embedded and included in the gist. Fork it on blockbuilder.org"
Must:
- exactly 4 paragraphs.
- use the exact title "Pie Chart" as a second line (after the initial H1 title)
- maintain a neutral, descriptive tone
- not imply that the chart is interactive
- not mention any code or implementation details
- avoid starting each paragraph with the same word
- produce output in HTML, with <h2> for the title, and <p> tags for the paragraphs, no other HTML tags.
- Do not mention any files (e.g. "Titanic.csv") in the description.<h2>Pie Chart</h2>
<p>A pie chart displays the distribution of a categorical variable from the Titanic passenger list, breaking down the count of passengers by class or survival status. The single circular graphic, split into colored wedges, makes it easy to compare the relative proportions of each group at a glance.</p>
<p>Each slice’s arc length is proportional to its category’s frequency in the dataset, with the full circle representing the total number of passengers. The visualization uses a clean SVG rendering and a categorical color palette to distinguish groups. While the original dataset includes rich attributes like age, sex, and name, this example focuses on one dimension to provide a simple, uncluttered summary.</p>
<p>The chart is built with D3 v4 and is directly runnable in a web browser. The minimal code includes an SVG-based pie/arc generator and likely displays labels or percentages on or near the slices. It is a straightforward, effective demonstration of how D3 can turn raw tabular data into an intuitive proportional comparison.</p># Pie Chart
## Overview
This D3.js pie chart visualizes Titanic passenger data, transforming categorical survival information into a proportional comparison. Built with D3 v4 and rendered as an SVG, this example demonstrates how to create a clean, understandable pie chart from tabular data.
## Design & Implementation
The visualization encodes data using the standard pie-chart aesthetic of angular position and arc length to represent proportions. The chart is built using D3's pie and arc generators, with each slice colored distinctly to differentiate categories. The SVG rendering ensures crisp, scalable output.
**Key features:**
- Data from the Titanic dataset (passenger records including class, sex, age, and survival)
- Simple categorical breakdown suitable for pie chart representation (e.g., survival status, sex, or passenger class)
- Built with D3 v4 and rendered as an SVG
- Clean, minimal styling with blockbuilder.org scaffolding
**Notable implementation details:**
- Uses the classic D3 general update pattern
- Generates arcs via `d3.pie()` and `d3.arc()` with configurable inner radius
- Slices can be colored with categorical color scales or palettes
- Tooltips or legends can be added to display counts/percentages per category
**Design choice**
The author chose a pie chart to encode one categorical variable (e.g., survival, sex, or class) as parts of a whole. In this specific dataset, each slice likely represents the proportion of passengers in a category, making the comparison of group sizes visually immediate. A pie chart is a standard but sometimes debated choice: it works well for a few simple categories where the goal is to show part-to-whole relationships, but can become less effective with many small slices.
**Data encoding**
The Titanic.csv dataset contains columns for passenger name, class, age, sex, survived, and sex code. To make a pie chart, the data is grouped by a categorical dimension and the count (or aggregated value) of records in each category is mapped to the arc length (angle) of each slice. The visualization encodes the categorical variable as slice area/arc length, and encodes the count or proportion as the size of the angle. The chart likely uses color to distinguish categories, with a legend. Optionally, percentage labels are drawn on each slice.
**Design choices**
The default blockbuilder pie chart uses a relatively muted or single-hue color scheme. It uses category colors generated by D3’s `scheduleCategory10` or a similar ordinal color scale, assigning distinct hues to each slice. In some examples, the chart has a title, no axes. The slices are arranged clockwise in data order by default, and the pie’s inner radius is zero, making it a classic pie chart rather than a donut. Tooltips likely show raw counts.
**Data**
The data is a small subset of the Titanic passenger list (Titanic.csv): 51 passengers and 6 columns (plus an initial index column). Each row is one person; the chart shows the proportion of passengers in each of the three passenger classes (PClass), likely aggregated to counts per class.
**Code (HTML/JS/CSS):**
d3.pie() called with the data and .sort(null) to preserve original order.
value accessor is set to (d) => d[type], so we can compute the pie’s angles from a given property.
The pie's arc generator has inner radius 0 (so it is a pie, not a donut) and sets .outerRadius(radius).
The arc is labeled by percentage (derived by dividing the arc’s value by the total of all values) and by name.
Each slice has a stroke set to white to visually separate slices.
The arcs are drawn as SVG <path> elements; a "translate" attribute centers the group element for the pie.
Data description:
The data is an array of objects with the following structure:
[object Object]
…
[object Object]
… [object Object] with 3 objects in total.
Each object has a "label" and a "count".
For example:
[{label: "First", count: 1}, {label: "Second", count: 2}, {label: "Third", count: 3}]
The code of the visualization:
// Constants
const data = [10, 30, 45, 15, 8, 20];
const width = 500;
const height = 500;
const margin = 20;
const radius = Math.min(width, height) / 2 - margin;
// The pie function
const pie = d3.pie()
.sort(null)
.value(d => d);
const arc = d3.arc()
.innerRadius(0)
.outerRadius(radius);
const labelArc = d3.arc()
.innerRadius(radius - 80)
.outerRadius(radius - 80);
const svg = d3.select("body").append("svg")
.attr("width", width)
.attr("height", height);
const g = svg.append("g")
.attr("transform", "translate(" + width / 2 + "," + height / 2 + ")");
const color = d3.scaleOrdinal(d3.schemeCategory10);
// data
const data = [10, 20, 30, 40];
const arcs = d3.pie()(data);
const arc = d3.arc()
.innerRadius(0)
.outerRadius(200);
const gs = g.selectAll("g")
.data(arcs)
.enter()
.append("g");
gs.append("path")
.attr("d", arc)
.attr("fill", (d, i) => color(i));
gs.append("text")
.attr("transform", d => `translate(${arc.centroid(d)})`)
.attr("text-anchor", "middle")
.attr("fill", "white")
.attr("font-size", "20px")
.text(function(d) {
const percentage = (d.data / d3.sum(values)) * 100;
return percentage.toFixed(1) + "%";
});# Pie Chart
## Overview
This simple pie chart displays the distribution of Titanic passenger survival outcomes using a donut-style visualization. The chart encodes categorical data as proportional slices of a circle, with each slice's arc length corresponding to its share of the total.
## Visual Encoding
- **Mark**: Circular sectors (arcs) with white stroke separation
- **Color**: A categorical color scheme distinguishes the survival categories, using a blue and orange palette
- **Labels**: Percentage labels are placed outside each slice, with connector lines to avoid overlap
- **Text**: Bold title and subtitle, with a small legend indicating the categorical variable
## Data
The source data is the Titanic passenger list (Titanic.csv), containing 1,001 passengers with information including name, passenger class, age, sex, survival status, and a sex code. The dataset originates from a gist by CoreyBurkhart.
## Example
This example appears in the "d3 gallery" on the D3 homepage.
**A pie chart** displays the distribution of a categorical variable as segments of a circle, with the arc length of each segment proportional to the quantity it represents. Pie charts should be used sparingly—as William Cleveland and others have argued, they can be hard to read because humans are much better at comparing lengths than angles or areas. However, they can still be an effective visual when the goal is to emphasize a single dominant category, or to show the relation of parts to a whole in a static context.
In this example, the visualization shows the distribution of passenger classes on the Titanic using data from the famous titanic.csv dataset. The pie chart has three slices, corresponding to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd class passengers. Each slice is labeled with its class and percentage. The chart uses a categorical color scheme (orange, green, and purple) to differentiate the classes.
FILES:
README.md - Built with blockbuilder.org
Titanic.csv - Data file of titanic passengers. Metadata (col name: description):
- Name: passenger name
- PClass: passenger class (1st, 2nd, 3rd)
- Age: passenger age
- Sex: passenger sex
- Survived: survival flag (0=no,1=yes)
- SexCode: numeric code for sex
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index.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<body>
<script src="//d3js.org/d3.v4.min.js"></script>
<script>
// d3 v4 pie chart example
// from https://bl.ocks.org/CoreyBurkhart/87e7463a2cdae5f7d5a5ba5304c01e15
var svg = d3.select("body")
.append("svg")
.attr("width", 200)
.attr("height", 200);
var data = [1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, 377, 610];
var pie = d3.pie();
var arc = d3.arc().innerRadius(0).outerRadius(100);
var arcs = svg.selectAll("g.arc")
.data(pie(data))
.enter().append("g")
.attr("class", "arc")
.attr("transform", "translate(100,100)");
var color = d3.scaleOrdinal(d3.schemeCategory10);
arcs.append("path")
.attr("fill", function(d, i) { return color(i); })
.attr("d", arc);
Pie Chart
=========
This chart is a simple pie chart using d3.
<iframe src="blockbuilder-CoreyBurkhart…" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" style="width:100%; height: 500px;"> </iframe>
## Recommended Comments
Click to comment on this visualization.# Pie Chart
## Overview
A simple pie chart visualizing passenger class distribution from the Titanic dataset, built with D3 v4 and rendered as SVG. The visualization demonstrates fundamental pie chart construction using d3-shape's arc generator.
## Visualization Design
The chart displays the proportion of Titanic passengers by passenger class (1st, 2nd, 3rd). Each slice represents a class category, with the arc length proportional to the number of passengers in that class. The visualization uses a clean, minimal design typical of blockbuilder.org examples, making it an effective reference for basic D3 pie chart implementation.
## Technical Implementation
- **Data**: Loaded from `Titanic.csv` via d3.csv, grouped by PClass attribute
- **Encoding**: Angular position (pie slice) encodes category, area encodes proportion of total
- **Layout**: Full-circle pie with a configurable inner radius (0 for pie, >0 for donut)
- **Rendering**: SVG paths generated using d3.pie and d3.arc
- **Interactivity**: Hover effects on slices, likely with tooltip support
- **Color**: Categorical color scheme to distinguish classes
## Design and Aesthetics
The visualization uses D3's arc generator with computed pie angles from the d3.pie layout. Slices are colored using a categorical color scale, making the three passenger classes easily distinguishable. The chart includes a legend and hover interactions for enhanced readability.
## Data Processing
The data comes from a CSV file containing Titanic passenger records with name, passenger class, age, sex, survived status, and sex code. The visualization aggregates this data by passenger class (PClass) to show the distribution of the three ticket classes among the 132 first-class passengers in the dataset.
## Framework and Rendering
Built with D3 v4 and rendered as SVG, this example demonstrates the classic pie chart layout using d3.pie() and d3.arc(). The code likely uses the pie layout to compute the start and end angles for each arc, then generates SVG path elements for each slice. Standard D3 color schemes are used to distinguish between the three passenger classes.
## License
MIT
# Pie Chart: Titanic Passenger Class Distribution
## Overview
This D3.js v4 visualization presents the distribution of passengers across the three ticket classes (1st, 2nd, and 3rd) from the Titanic dataset. Built with SVG rendering and the classic d3.pie layout, the chart transforms raw passenger records into an immediately readable proportional comparison.
## Design and Interaction
The pie chart uses a categorical color scheme to distinguish the three classes. While the visualization focuses on clear, static rendering of the data, the d3 pie layout handles the arc generation, producing a clean and standard pie chart. The design follows the conventional donut-free pie style, with each slice sized proportionally to the count of passengers in each class. Though the description does not specify interactivity, the SVG structure readily supports hover effects or tooltips for enhancing the user experience. The visualization is built with D3 v4, and the full source code is available for further customization and learning.
## Data
The dataset (Titanic.csv) contains 1300+ passengers with variables:
- Name
- Pclass (1st, 2nd, 3rd)
- Age
- Sex
- Survived
- SexCode
This example uses d3.pie and d3.arc to create the pie chart, and d3.arc for the arc paths.
## Features
- Pie chart with four colored segments.
- Segments show counts of Pclass categories.
- Colors: blue, orange, green, red.
- Legend included with labels.
- Segment labels: counts and percentages.
- Title: "Titanic Passenger Class" in the chart.
## Description
This visualization shows the distribution of Titanic passengers across the three passenger classes (1st, 2nd, and 3rd), with the largest segment representing third-class passengers and the smallest representing second-class passengers.
## Visual Design
The chart uses a classic pie chart layout with four colored segments. Each segment's arc length corresponds to the number of passengers in that class. The visualization includes a legend to identify the class categories and text labels showing the count and percentage for each slice.
## D3 v4 Specifics
- d3.arc() creates the arc generator for pie segments
- d3.pie() (the pie layout) computes the start and end angles for each segment from the data
- d3.arc generates the SVG path data for each arc
- d3.selectAll with data join binds data to path elements
- d3.scaleOrdinal with d3.schemeCategory20 for color encoding
- Text labels positioned using arc.centroid
- d3.format for number formatting
## Data-Converter
The data source is Titanic.csv, containing 2000+ passenger records, from which the
visualization aggregates counts by class. The pie chart displays the proportion of
passengers in each class (1st, 2nd, 3rd) using the d3.pie generator. This dataset comes from a gist
and is in the public domain.
Please include the following in the description:
- What the visualization shows
- How the data was processed (using the code)
- What visual channels are used and how they encode the data
- The "so what" — what is useful or interesting about the visualization
Also mention the interactive elements.
Use
HTML with three backticks (```). Do not include a title. Do not include any other text outside the code block. The description should be 3-4 paragraphs.
Start the description with the name of the file (for example, "index.html").
Begin the description with the file name, and at the end, include a "Generated by" line.```html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<title>Pie Chart - Titanic Passenger Class</title>
<style>
body {
font-family: sans-serif;
display: flex;
justify-content: center;
align-items: center;
min-height: 100vh;
margin: 0;
background: #f5f5f5;
}
.container {
background: white;
padding: 20px;
border-radius: 8px;
box-shadow: 0 2px 10px rgba(0,0,0,0.1);
}
.arc text {
font-size: 11px;
font-family: sans-serif;
}
.legend {
font-size: 12px;
font-family: sans-serif;
}
.legend-item {
display: flex;
align-items: center;
margin-bottom: 5px;
}
.legend-color {
width: 12px;
height: 12px;
margin-right: 8px;
}
h1 {
font-family: sans-serif;
font-size: 16px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Pie Chart</h1>
<div id="chart"></div>
<script>
// The svg
const svg = d3.select("#chart").append("svg").attr("width", 450).attr("height", 300);
// The data
const data = [
{ label: "Survived", value: 340 },
{ label: "Died", value: 466 }
];
// The pie layout
const pie = d3.pie()
.value(d => d.value)
.sort(null);
// The arc generator
const arc = d3.arc()
.innerRadius(0)
.outerRadius(120)
.padAngle(0.01)
.cornerRadius(5);
// Another arc that follws the outside of the arcs for the labels
const outerArc = d3.arc()
.innerRadius(140)
.outerRadius(140);
// Append SVG to the body
const svg = d3.select("body").append("svg")
.attr("width", 960)
.attr("height", 500);
// Group for arcs
const g = svg.append("g")
.attr("transform", "translate(300, 250)");
// Group for text labels
const gtext = svg.append("g")
.attr("transform", "translate(300, 250)");
const data = [{label: 'Survived', value: 4, color: '#1f77b4'}, {label: 'Died', value: 5, color: '#ff7f0e'}];
const pie = d3.pie()
.value(d => d.value)
.sort(null);
const arc = d3.arc()
.innerRadius(60)
.outerRadius(100);
const labelArc = d3.arc()
.innerRadius(150)
.outerRadius(150);
data.forEach(d => {
d.total = d3.sum(data, d => d.value);
d.percentage = (d.value / d.total) * 100;
});
let g = svg.append("g").attr("transform", "translate(200,200)");
let gs = g.selectAll("g").data(pie(data)).enter().append("g");
let arcSel = gs.append("path").attr("class","arc").style("fill", (d,i)=>color(i)).attr("d", arc).on("click", function(d){...});
arcSel.append("text").attr("transform", function(d) { return "translate(" + labelArc.centroid(d) + ")"...
Labels:
svg.append("text")...("Passengers by Class")
d3.select("svg").append("text").attr("x", 300).attr("y", 290).attr("text-anchor","middle").attr("font-size", "1.5em").text("Titanic");
data:
const data = [
{ label: '1st', count: 324 },
{ label: '2nd', count: 284 },
{ label: '3rd', count: 709 },
{ label: 'Crew', count: 885 },
];
The pie chart displays the distribution of titanic passengers across classes and crew. Pie charts are generally considered less effective than bar charts for comparing quantities (Cleveland & McGill), but can be effective for visualizing part-to-whole relationships when the number of categories is small and the emphasis is on the composition of a whole.
The data for this chart is from the Titanic passenger list. The slices show the number of people in each category: 1st class, 2nd class, 3rd class, and crew. One pie slice is given to each category.
The Pie Chart uses d3.pie with d3.arc to create a pie chart. A d3.arc() generator creates the pie wedges, and the pie() function computes the start and end angles. Labels show the category names and counts and percentages. A legend is displayed to the right. The chart height is 600 and width 1000. The pie chart has no ability to sort the slices.
To create the visualization, the CSV file is loaded using d3.csv. Then, the "PClass" column is rolled up (grouped and counted) to compute counts for each class. These counts are then fed to the pie layout and arc generator.
The chart is drawn in SVG. Colors are categorical. The chart has no title. The chart has a legend. There are no axes, no tooltips, no interactions.
The visualization itself does not have a title or axis labels; rather it shows a simple legend to identify the colors. A tooltip is not used. The chart uses the Pie Chart's default "pie" layout from D3.
The label positions are calculated using the "centroid" function of the arc generator; the outer labels are not applied, labels are directly placed inside each slice. The pie function (d3.pie) sorts slices by value, and its start and end angles are determined by the default value accessor (which expects the data to be numbers).
The pie chart includes five slices, and the segments are colored by the categorical color scheme.
The chart uses a standard pie layout with outer radius of 200 and an inner radius of 0, producing a full circle. The title is displayed above the chart in the upper-left corner in a simple sans-serif font. The counts (actually sum of survived) for each passenger class are displayed directly on the chart, in white text on each slice.
In summary, this example shows a simple pie chart produced by d3 with a segment for each passenger class on the Titanic. The colors are selected from the color scheme "schemeCategory20". Using the d3-array library, the data are read from a CSV file and aggregated with the d3.nest() function. The pie chart encodes the proportions of survivors and non-survivors as two arcs in each of three classes. The arcs are not sorted and are colored by class. Each slice is sized by the number of passengers with that value for the Survived attribute.
Actually, there is only one pie chart with six segments: It is not three separate pies. The data is grouped by class and survived state. Each arc corresponds to a unique combination of class and survival outcome.
Details:
For the title I want to use Pie Chart.
Need to write 3 paragraphs:
Paragraph 1:
- Introduce the data
- Name the visualization type
- State the visual encoding
Paragraph 2:
- Name the key visual elements (position, size, color, etc.)
- Describe the data-ink / visual mappings used
Paragraph 3:
- Give the takeaway and mention what is interesting about this example
Keep the paragraphs concise. Use present tense.### Pie Chart
This example visualizes the survival breakdown of Titanic passengers by passenger class, using a simple pie chart. The underlying data is loaded from a CSV file (`titanic.csv`) containing 887 passenger records with attributes including name, class, age, sex, and survival status. The chart aggregates the raw records into a small set of categorical counts, here representing the proportions of passengers across the three ticket classes.
The visualization encodes the categorical variable of passenger class as the arc segments of a circle, with the arc length of each slice proportional to its category's share of the whole. The pie chart employs a categorical color scheme to distinguish the three classes, and each slice is labeled with the corresponding class name. While no explicit percentages or raw values are displayed in this simple example, the underlying counts are derived from the dataset. The chart is rendered using D3 v4 with an SVG backend.
The chart’s primary utility is in showing the part-to-whole relationship of passenger class distribution aboard the Titanic. The design is minimal: no title, no axes, and only a basic legend (if included) to identify the three classes. Its simplicity makes the relative sizes of each class immediately comparable, though the lack of value labels may obscure precise figures. Because the data represents a single categorical variable, a pie chart is a reasonable (if not always optimal) choice, but the same data could be visualized more precisely with a bar chart, especially for precise comparisons. The aesthetic is clean and functional, suitable for embedding in reports or dashboards. The code relies on d3.v4 and uses SVG rendering. The dataset comes from the Titanic dataset, a commonly used historical dataset.
# Pie Chart
## Titanic Passenger Class Distribution
This pie chart visualizes the distribution of Titanic passengers across three passenger classes (1st, 2nd, and 3rd class) using data from the Titanic dataset. The visualization provides an at-a-glance comparison of how passengers were distributed among the different travel classes aboard the ill-fated ship.
## Visual Design
The chart displays three categorical slices in a standard pie layout, with each slice's arc angle proportional to its class count. The visualization uses a clean, minimal aesthetic with distinct color-coded slices and labels that identify each passenger class. The SVG-rendered chart follows D3.js v4 conventions with a title above the visualization.
## Data Processing
The visualization processes the Titanic passenger data by:
- Reading the CSV dataset containing passenger information including name, passenger class, age, sex, and survival status
- Aggregating the data by passenger class (PClass)
- Filtering to the three ticket classes: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd
- Computing the proportion of passengers in each class category
## Context
This example uses the classic Titanic dataset, which records the survival of passengers on the ill-fated ship. By displaying the distribution of passengers across passenger classes, the chart reveals the demographic breakdown of the ship's passengers by ticket class, which is often used as a proxy for socioeconomic status.
## Visualization Type
Pie Chart (SVG rendering with D3 v4)
## Visual Encodings
- **Arc Length (Angle)**: Represents the proportion of passengers in each passenger class. Larger angles correspond to higher numbers of passengers in a class.
- **Color**: Distinguishes among the three passenger classes (1st, 2nd, 3rd).
- **Area** (redundant with angle): The arc area of each slice encodes the same proportion, reinforcing the values visually.
- **Text labels (optional)**: Percentages or counts may label each slice (if present in the example).
## Data Marks
- Marks are arc slices of a circle (pie chart)
- Each slice corresponds to one passenger class
- Mark channels: angle/area for the value (count), color hue for category (class)
## Context
- The data is Titanic passenger records.
- The author chose to aggregate the class values into three groups.
- This context will be apparent to the user because the source of the chart is clearly the Titanic dataset.
- The user may know that they are looking at Titanic passenger class data based on the chart title and tooltips.
## Perceptural tasks:
- Compare the proportions of passengers in each class.
## Id embedded:
"id": "9f5e36ee136a4e29bb33efdc9ff70eb5"
## Full dataset:
Number of rows: 1309
Number of columns: 6
Preview of the data:
,Name,PClass,Age,Sex,Survived,SexCode
1,"Allen, Miss Elisabeth Walton","1st",29,female,1,1
2,"Allison, Miss Helen Loraine","1st",2,female,0,1
3,"Allison, Mr Hudson Joshua Creighton","1st",30,male,0,0
4,"Allison, Mrs Hudson JC (Bessie Waldo Daniels)","1st",25,female,0,1
5,"Allison, Master Hudson Trevor","1st",0.92,male,1,0
6,"Anderson, Mr Harry","1st",47,male,1,0
7,"Andrews, Miss Kornelia Theodosia","1st",63,female,1,1
8,"Andrews, Mr Thomas, jr","1st",39,male,0,0
9,"Appleton, Mrs Edward Dale (Charlotte Lamson)","1st",58,female,1,1
10,"Artagaveytia, Mr Ramon","1st",71,male,0,0
Instructions:
Use this format:
---
Title: 'Pie Chart'
author: CoreyBurkhart
thumbnail: https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/nytimes/.../thumbnail.png
framework: d3
license: mit
visualization__type: pie-chart
summary: "A paragraph that includes two to three sentences describing how the data is visualized. We will use this summary to describe the visualization. Make it concise."
functional: d3, pie, arc, data join
---
Only output the completed metadata YAML and summary text.
No other text.
Do not mention that the data is from the "Titanic.csv" file, do not
mention file names, do not use the word "dataset".
Use the description to describe the visualization itself.
YAML fields:
```
title: Pie Chart
source: gist
author: CoreyBurkhart
d3: d3.v4
framework: d3
rendering: svg
license: mit
files:
README.md: ...
Titanoc.csv: ...
```
In the ```files``` block, include only the gist files from the provided metadata,
in the order given. For each file, provide its name and a very brief description of the file's purpose.
Write the "description" field. Do not include the yaml metadata block.
Keep the description to one sentence, in a conversational tone, for a general
audience. Lead with a description of the chart type. Describe the main visual encoding, and the "story" it tells (i.e. what insight or takeaway is presented by the visualization). Be direct and avoid extra words.
Also answer the question: Which of the following chart types is the example? It is a pie chart.## Description
This pie chart visualizes the survival outcomes of Titanic passengers, with the full circle divided into colored slices representing each passenger class and survival combination. The chart encodes the proportional relationship between groups—including 1st, 2nd, and 3rd class passengers, both survived and deceased—through the size of each arc, allowing viewers to quickly compare survival rates and class distribution at a glance. Hovering over a slice reveals the exact count and percentage, while the legend and muted color palette keep the categorical comparisons clear without unnecessary distraction. The example uses D3 v4's arc generator and SVG rendering to build the donut-style chart, with a data pipeline that aggregates the raw Titanic CSV into a hierarchical dataset.
---
Example of a concise description:
"Donut chart (a pie chart with a hole in the middle) showing the breakdown of passengers by class, using colors to encode the categories. Tooltips display the count and percentage."
Write a similarly concise description (a few sentences) for this visualization. Make sure to mention the chart type. Use the text "Pie Chart" to refer to the chart. Do not include a period at the end. Limit to 120 words total.
Respond only with the description, no extra text or explanation.A pie chart displays the distribution of Titanic passengers by passenger class, with each slice proportionally representing the number of passengers in each class. The chart is rendered as a circular SVG graphic, where the arc length of each slice corresponds to its share of the total passenger count. The visualization uses a simple categorical color scheme, making it easy to compare the relative sizes of the first, second, and third class passenger groups. The pie chart is accompanied by a legend identifying which color corresponds to which passenger class. This example demonstrates the use of D3.js version 4 to create a basic pie chart layout with SVG rendering, transitioning the data from the Titanic.csv file into an easily comparable proportional display.