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klafbang
Nov 18, 2009
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https://twitter.com/novogratz/status/1224350086156767232

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klafbang
Nov 18, 2009
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https://twitter.com/MotherJones/status/1230266663171280896

klafbang
Nov 18, 2009
Clapping Larry

Tried: numerically sorted x-axis
Wired: alphabetically/lexicographically sorted x-axis
Pro tier: completely random x-axis
God tier: completely random x-axis with intermittent labeling

klafbang
Nov 18, 2009
Clapping Larry
Pie charts are good for showing which percentage of pie charts that look like PacMan. It's around 75%.

klafbang
Nov 18, 2009
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SerialKilldeer posted:

Thought that was the wizard school map for a second:

https://twitter.com/Devon_OnEarth/status/1234229657702207490?s=19

What continent is the green area north of the MIDDLE EAST supposed to be?

What are the odds that some brexiter has used this map as an argument along the lines of “look, the UK (and Ireland, somehow) matters on a global scale; we’ve got our own wizard school and all.”

Also, let’s lump Belgium and the Netherlands in with the Latin ones instead of the Germanic and Indo-European ones

klafbang has a new favorite as of 11:23 on Mar 7, 2020

klafbang
Nov 18, 2009
Clapping Larry

Not as bad as this one which inevitably gets shared by the same people:

klafbang
Nov 18, 2009
Clapping Larry

TinTower posted:



Time for a classic.

Aw google, you've failed me.

klafbang
Nov 18, 2009
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Aramoro posted:

The numbers in that Covid-19 graph seem to come from the same source as this

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/coronavirus-age-sex-demographics/

which explains what the numbers mean a bit more.

Still no idea what's up with Italy where almost 5% of infections have resulted in death though.

The numbers are fine; the reason I posted the chart is that the grouping on the x-axes are completely different. The two last categories of the COVID-19 part have no counterparts in the regular flu part. If you read that chart very carefully, it still conveys basically the same message, but by using a poo poo categorisation, you have to convince people bad at math of this.

It's basically the opposite of the simplified chart Platystemon posted: that chart simplifies facts to immediately counter an argument against the point it tries to convey. This chart adds complexity that directly supports a counter-argument to the main point.

klafbang
Nov 18, 2009
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zedprime posted:

That has to be coming from inside the thread. After my ranting the other day about how pie charts are less than useless somebody obviously put percentile data in a bar graph to make a point.

Got ya covered.

klafbang
Nov 18, 2009
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morallyobjected posted:

listen, I can only add so many dimensions, so if you figure out how to graph something in 4+ dimensions let me know:



the bubble size represents incubation period (bigger bubble = longer incubation period)

Colors. And with circles you’ve got pie charts already, so use them :)

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klafbang
Nov 18, 2009
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Informative? Useful? I also included death toll (except I couldn't find totals for flu/mumps/chickenpox).


(green one next to Spanish flu is COVID)


(orange one next to COVID is Spanish flu)

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