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> chart crime of truncating the y axis If you chart the temperature of the ocean do you keep the y-axis anchored at zero Kelvin?
by panarky 3y ago
> chart crime of truncating the y axis
If you chart the temperature of the ocean do you keep the y-axis anchored at zero Kelvin?
- d-z-m 3y agoIf you chart the temperature of the ocean are you measuring it in Kelvin?
- panarky 3y agoApparently, if you want to avoid "chart crime" when you chart temperatures, then it's deceptive if you don't start at absolute zero.
- evrial 3y agoWhen was the temperature on Earth at absolute zero?
- panarky 3y agoMy point exactly. In a chart of world gross domestic product for the last 12 months, when was it at zero? In a chart of ocean salinity, when was it at absolute zero? Is it inherently deceptive to use a y-axis that doesn't begin at zero?