• Ideology [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    Having a bar graph where the widths of the bars are different is a big no-no. It creates an obviously distorted perception like we're seeing. If you want to display area like for a 2-dimensional metric or showing proportions, there are different graphs for that.

    Also the y-axis on this distorts things even further by starting at 5ft which is a visual trick you should only use in datasets where minute differences actually do change outcomes.

    • hploveshack [any]
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      2 years ago

      Ah, I didn't even pay enough attention to notice the Y axis!