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>It is depressing due to the Y-axis not starting on zero It depends on what the focus of the data is. In this case the emphasis is on the difference between t
by forgetsusername 11y ago
>It is depressing due to the Y-axis not starting on zero
It depends on what the focus of the data is. In this case the emphasis is on the difference between the series', not their relative distance from zero. So there's nothing wrong with truncating the axis, particularly on a line chart; why have a bunch of white-space at the bottom?
Context is everything.
- btrask 11y agoPutting too much "emphasis" on certain parts of the graph is precisely what starting the axis at zero is supposed to protect readers from. Context is what we're trying to see! Edit: And in this case it wouldn't have hurt readability at all. Their point still would've come across just fine.