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«The only #climatechange chart you need to see.» This
is the chart we should all think about when
someone says line charts should always have a y-axis starting at zero. A change of even one degree in the average global temperature is significant, but starting this chart at zero makes it look miniscule.
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Продажи Burger King в три раза больше продаж
Starbucks. Но площади логотипов отличаются в 9 раз!
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Gizmodo was trying to demonstrate that the new
iPad battery gained 70% in capacity. They did this
by making the battery on right 70% taller than the battery on left. However, since they also expanded the width of a cylinder, the implied volume has skyrocketed of the battery. Whoops.
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Возраст, с наступлением которого разрешается потребление спиртных напитков
quarter this country would be a lot worse off than it actually was. The points don't actually follow a straight line, something you don't notice because there isn't actually a Y-axis. The four points are also not equidistant with time.
invented the word "chartjunk" — personally held this up
as the worst chart ever. Why? The colors may induce ocular bleeding, it's in three dimensions for no reason, the Y-axis is broken twice, The chart only communicates five numbers — it's showing the breakdown of students under 25 and over 25 over 5 years — and the top section is inexplicably inverted.