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The top ten worst graphs

• oliyoung 14y ago
  Needed a graph.
• a_bonobo 14y ago
  Would be nice to have an explanation what exactly went wrong - I can see that graph 1 is needlessly "3D" which actually obscures the information, I can see that graphs 3 and 4 are just plain useless, and graphs 6 and 9 just hide the information by being 3D, but what's the problem with graph 5 (except that the caption is way too long, and maybe the blackish colouring hides the standard dev-bar)? I also can't see what's wrong with graph 10.
  • Schwolop 14y ago
    Uh, every single one has such an explanation. It's the "discussion" link beside each one.
    • a_bonobo 14y ago
      Ha! Didn't see that one, thought it linked to the original paper, as well, thanks!