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Misleading y-axis strikes again: https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/1*MiF0VmKW19IC3OlVDISgZA.png https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/1*MiF0VmKW19IC3OlV
by smitherfield 9y ago
Misleading y-axis strikes again: https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/1*MiF0VmKW19IC3OlVDISgZA.png https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/1*MiF0VmKW19IC3OlVDI...
- cyphar 9y agoIt's not just a misleading y-axis, it's completely the wrong kind of graph for showing that kind of data. Should've used a stacked bar graph...
- theemathas 9y agoI would have gone with a pi graph of the average over the years.
- cyphar 9y agoThat would only be useful if you didn't care about historical data. Also, plotting averages like that can be _exceptionally_ misleading because you don't get an insight into the distribution of the data.