Spyke
sopuli.xyz

Great way to demonstrate the absurdity of y axes that don’t start at 0.

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midwest.social

As someone who deals with data visualization for a living, I mostly agree. But also, it's fine to do this as long as you have some sort of visual indicator to show that the data continues down to 0 as opposed to leaving it like it is in the chart above. If you need to be able to show the details in the data that is present higher up, removing the extra numbers where data isn't present is a good way to do so. But again, you need some kind of indication that you have done so or you're just being deceiving.

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taiyangreply
lemmy.world

Heights are potentially a good example of that. Iirc, the standard deviation of height is only about 3 inches (for women), so doing the full y-axis would make small differences between groups impossible to visually compare.

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How about a chart starting at 0, then cropping the bottom ¾ − not showing the full body but with heads in proportion?

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If these women have such similar heights, what on earth is the point in showing the differences between them so misleadingly starkly?

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Could you give some examples done well of a visualization with a y-axis that doesn't represent 0? I'm curious what that would look like

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lemmy.billiam.net

If you were aware of Cardi B’s WAP, Megan was the feature on that. I only really know Dua Lipa because of the Levitating lawsuit

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Zagorathreply
aussie.zone

I just don't know why they don't all use last names. Full names is just really basic best practice on the first instance, before switching usually to last name only, or first name only if you're personally familiar with the person.

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sh.itjust.works

for the same reason that when we grew up you say

Freddie

or

Elton

And be confident "everyone" knew what you were talking about.

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lemmy.world

In the 90s you could arbitrarily refer to Michael and there was a 50/50 shot that anyone could guess specifically who you were talking about. I think pretty much everyone still knows who Arnold is when referenced.

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In the 90s you could arbitrarily refer to Michael and there was a 50/50 shot that anyone could guess specifically who you were talking about.

That's 'cause there were two of them, Jackson and Jordan.

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Not really. Only one of the people pictured really has a stage name, and even that's a stretch, because Beyonce created her stage name merely by dropping her surname. Normally, the term "stage name" refers more to people who use a completely different name, like Katheryn Hudson, better known as Katy Perry, or Ramón and Carlos Estevez (Martin and Charlie Sheen).

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Sabrina always sings like she wants me but when I show up at her house she calls security and I can’t handle these mixed messages.

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Sooooo, Taylor is only 10 inches long from her heels to the top her head? That's a large foot.

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No Olivia Rodrigo? That’s a shame. At 5’4”, she’d be right next to Selena.

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How come a smaller number is... smaller than a larger number? What?

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12.

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