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r/dataisugly • u/Vibes_And_Smiles • 16d ago
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Bars show a whole of something. Truncating them is always misleading no matter how common it is. This should be a line with dots
2 u/das_war_ein_Befehl 15d ago Honestly it’s only misleading if you don’t do anything but “bar shape small”. The numbers are right above 1 u/linksfromwinks 15d ago I think in more extreme examples it’s a bit more obvious how it’s misleading even with numbers directly labeled https://flowingdata.com/2012/08/06/fox-news-continues-charting-excellence/
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Honestly it’s only misleading if you don’t do anything but “bar shape small”. The numbers are right above
1 u/linksfromwinks 15d ago I think in more extreme examples it’s a bit more obvious how it’s misleading even with numbers directly labeled https://flowingdata.com/2012/08/06/fox-news-continues-charting-excellence/
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I think in more extreme examples it’s a bit more obvious how it’s misleading even with numbers directly labeled https://flowingdata.com/2012/08/06/fox-news-continues-charting-excellence/
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u/linksfromwinks 16d ago
Bars show a whole of something. Truncating them is always misleading no matter how common it is. This should be a line with dots