Editing 2023: Y-Axis
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | {{incomplete|Created by a MISLEADING GRAPH - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | |
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The comic itself makes a poke at recent trends where the y range for a given dataset is exaggerated, so that a dataset that varies very little in its y-values is exaggerated by constricting the y-axis of the graph to range from just barely below the minimum y-value to just barely above the maximum y-value. This spreads out the y-values so very small differences appear larger and more significant than they really are. | The comic itself makes a poke at recent trends where the y range for a given dataset is exaggerated, so that a dataset that varies very little in its y-values is exaggerated by constricting the y-axis of the graph to range from just barely below the minimum y-value to just barely above the maximum y-value. This spreads out the y-values so very small differences appear larger and more significant than they really are. | ||
The graph shows an attempt to mislead readers by manipulating the y-axis scale of the graph in a creative manner: The y-axis labels at the left side of the graph are normally spaced; however, the thin, gray gridlines marking each 10% increment are wavy, not straight, and they bunch up before reaching the first data point, resulting in a distorted effective y-axis for the rest of the graph. All the data points lie between the 10% and 20% gridlines, but a casual reader may not notice this and think that the graph uses the full 0% to 100% range. | The graph shows an attempt to mislead readers by manipulating the y-axis scale of the graph in a creative manner: The y-axis labels at the left side of the graph are normally spaced; however, the thin, gray gridlines marking each 10% increment are wavy, not straight, and they bunch up before reaching the first data point, resulting in a distorted effective y-axis for the rest of the graph. All the data points lie between the 10% and 20% gridlines, but a casual reader may not notice this and think that the graph uses the full 0% to 100% range. | ||
− | The title text | + | The title text is related to the {{w|Semi-log plot}}, where one of the two axes is plotted on a logarithmic scale. The title text takes this to a further extreme with the semi-semi-log, where only part of the axis is plotted on a logarithmic scale. |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | + | {{incomplete transcript|Mention something about the scale of the y-axis(which I was too lazy to do) and describe the shape of the line formed by the data points and the shape of the gridlines. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | |
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+ | :[Graph within a frame. The y-axis is from ... ok, sorry to anyone reading this, but I'm too lazy to fill this out. Can someone else do it for me?] | ||
:[Caption below the frame:] | :[Caption below the frame:] | ||
:People have wised up to the "Carefully Chosen Y-Axis Range" trick, so we misleading graph makers have had to get creative. | :People have wised up to the "Carefully Chosen Y-Axis Range" trick, so we misleading graph makers have had to get creative. | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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