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Does anyone know why articles like this don't start all their graphs at 0? The information is persuasive enough without fudging things with poor axes. For exa
by Game_Ender 6y ago
Does anyone know why articles like this don't start all their graphs at 0? The information is persuasive enough without fudging things with poor axes. For example health expenditure as share of GDP graph starts at 8% and goes 18%, bounding the data very closely and magnifying the difference by several times.
A graph that start at zero
Italy USA
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How it was presented in the article:
Italy USA
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- tryptophan 6y agoI know why -> its because the NYT wants to make things look as bad as possible, and like you said, not starting at 0 makes the difference look much bigger, and therefore worse.
- koheripbal 6y agoBecause they are trying to push an agenda - and work their graphs and data backwards from the conclusion they want you to draw.