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Exactly this on the last point. Although rereading this the distribution point is explained poorly. People waltz in with assumptions and then complain when the
by cjk2 2y ago
Exactly this on the last point. Although rereading this the distribution point is explained poorly.
People waltz in with assumptions and then complain when they don’t work because they don’t really understand the tools they are using. The author is one of them. It’s a bad article and the author should not be using or demonstrating things they clearly don't understand.
- munch117 2y agoIsn't that the whole point? That the graph type is very easy to misunderstand. If you are right, and not even a professional data visualization consultant properly understands the graph, then who will?
- cjk2 2y agoSome of us are perfectly qualified to understand them and the nuances.
- munch117 2y agoA plot that requires the reader to be perfectly qualified is a bad plot.
- cjk2 2y agoThey teach this to 15 year olds in the UK. If it's a bad plot, perhaps some introspection is required...
- magicalist 2y agoThey also teach pie charts and use color scales with non-uniform brightness. Just because it's possible to read a plot doesn't make it a good plot.