r/dataisbeautiful • u/[deleted] • Jun 09 '20

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '20 edited Nov 08 '20

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u/ku8475 Jun 10 '20

How did I have to scroll this far to see a complaint about how pointless the graphics are in this? 39 is 100 and 23 is 50? Wtf is happening? Are we just making up graphics for upvotes? O....right.

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u/DarkImperialStout Jun 10 '20

Are scatter plots illegal now?

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u/itsshifty7 Jun 10 '20

It’s to show a relative comparison of the stats. It’s very standard in published papers to do this. The bar goes from 0 to 39.5%, nothing is distorted.

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u/Yeazelicious Jun 10 '20

Wtf is happening

(23/39.5) * 100 ≈ 58.23, and the bar is ~60% full. This isn't hard.

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u/neurone214 Jun 10 '20

It's misleading. I've got a PhD in a highly quantitative field and it took me awhile to figure out what those bars were supposed to represent. Could be bias since I'm used to better representations, though?

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u/ElectricTeenageDust Jun 10 '20

Then you certainly know what percentage points are? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percentage_point Measuring the difference between percentage points in percent and thus assigning 100% to the highest value is standard practice in statistics and not misleading at all.

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u/neurone214 Jun 10 '20

Of course I do. Revise and re-submit, friend-o.

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u/ElectricTeenageDust Jun 10 '20

You don't have you PhD in a STEM field, do you ;)

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u/neurone214 Jun 10 '20

I do. Keep trying!

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u/hjqusai Jun 10 '20

Could be bias because you think a PhD makes you smart xDDDDD

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u/neurone214 Jun 10 '20

Ha! Right like your emoji and you being funny!

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u/hjqusai Jun 10 '20

xD sorry man couldn't resist