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The BBC has an article called Gosport hospital deaths: The numbers behind the scandal with this type of graph:

Dot diagram

What is this type of chart called?

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    Semi-circle, Semi-donught, semi-sunburst: http://www.tableaulearners.com/semi-sunburst-chart-tableau/ – hellpanderrr Jul 04 '18 at 13:46
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    Also called parliament diagram [here](https://github.com/slashme/parliamentdiagram) and [here](https://github.com/geoffreybr/d3-parliament) – AshOfFire Jul 04 '18 at 13:50
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    [The gauge charge, angular gauge, speedometer or dial chart](https://stats.stackexchange.com/q/14558/1352) is closely related. – Stephan Kolassa Jul 04 '18 at 13:52

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Semi-circle, Semi-doughnut, semi-sunburst: https://tableaumagic.com/sunburst-chart-tutorial/
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– hellpanderrr

Also called parliament diagram here and here
– AshOfFire

The gauge charge, angular gauge, speedometer or dial chart is closely related.
– Stephan Kolassa

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  • I've copied these comments as a community wiki answer because they are, more or less, answers to this question. We have a dramatic gap between answers and questions. At least part of the problem is that some questions are answered in comments: if comments which answered the question were answers instead, we would have fewer unanswered questions. – mkt Jun 20 '19 at 12:59
  • So, if the answer is simple enough that a comment can do the job, what's the big deal? Also, part of the reason why people use comments is that one-line answers often get dozens of downvotes – David Jun 20 '19 at 13:10
  • @David This has been discussed for a while on Meta: https://stats.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/832/comments-that-are-actually-answers. Also relevant: https://stats.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1538/why-is-our-answer-rate-so-low , https://stats.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2242/are-we-seeing-a-dramatic-drop-in-answers-per-question, https://stats.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5325/we-have-a-very-large-widening-gap-between-questions-and-answers-how-do-we-fix & https://stats.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2083/unanswered-questions-as-percentage-of-total-why-does-cv-stand-out – mkt Jun 20 '19 at 13:50
  • The fact that four people have talked about it on Meta does not mean that the average user cares. Also, I am pretty sure that if those correct ansewrs were indeed posted an aswers, they would be downvoted – David Jun 20 '19 at 13:53
  • @David Also, I have rarely found that answers are penalised just because of brevity. There is a consensus in *favour* of short answers, at least when no other answers are available: https://stats.meta.stackexchange.com/q/5402/121522 – mkt Jun 20 '19 at 13:55
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    @David If a question is answered in the comments, that question clogs up a pipeline of unanswered questions. People seeking to address genuinely unanswered questions (as I was, when I opened this question) would waste less of their time. Also, answers that are incorrect could be downvoted (which cannot be done for comments), thereby sending a clearer signal of how useful it is to a new user enocountering it. – mkt Jun 20 '19 at 14:00