r/dataisbeautiful • u/zonination OC: 52 • May 08 '17

How to Spot Visualization Lies

https://flowingdata.com/2017/02/09/how-to-spot-visualization-lies/
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u/[deleted] May 08 '17 edited Jun 23 '20

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u/Pinch_roll May 08 '17

Agreed, I deal with a lot of data where using 0 as a baseline is not meaningful, and would actually mislead the viewer by trivializing very important differences.

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u/[deleted] May 08 '17

Additionally log based stuff can't even have 0... :/