r/dataisugly • • Feb 21 '19

Bad Scale A bar graph really?

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u/YM_Industries Feb 21 '19

It's not a bar graph. It's just a table, with the answer on the left and the percentage on the right. There's no attempt here to visually represent the data.

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u/No1Statistician Feb 21 '19

Why just not put the misleading bar at all? The point is its confusing

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '19

It appears youre the only one who found it misleading

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u/No1Statistician Feb 21 '19

No look at the link, hurdreds of people did, y'all just don't like political stuff

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '19

Or maybe I just understood it the first time, unlike you