2713: Data Point - Revision history

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2022-12-23T03:48:49Z

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162.158.87.168: Undo revision 303008 by 172.69.22.16 (talk)

2022-12-22T08:29:20Z

Undo revision 303008 by 172.69.22.16 (talk)

172.69.22.17: Dummy edit: can someone revert the vandalized image?

2022-12-22T08:23:42Z

Dummy edit: can someone revert the vandalized image?

172.69.22.16: Fixed broken image link

2022-12-22T08:22:21Z

Fixed broken image link

Eelitee at 06:02, 22 December 2022

2022-12-22T06:02:24Z

172.68.50.51: ImageSync(this[2713], xkcd[2713])

2022-12-22T05:31:04Z

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2022-12-22T04:25:44Z

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162.158.38.213 at 04:23, 22 December 2022

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 [[Randall]]'s caption states that a figure illustrating a single datum thus constitutes a "science power move." (Similarly to the [[:Category:Science tip|science tips]] of previous comics.)
-This is most likely intended as facetious satire, because the purpose of a chart or graph figure is to present multiple data which would be less clear as tabular or textual data, so there is rarely any reason to devote a figure to a single datum, regardless of its importance. The canonical counterexample is presentation of [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780123971609000059 the mean of a group of measurements]. ([https://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/3-s2.0-B9780123971609000059-f05-01-9780123971609.jpg Figure here] — note the point's specular reflection indicating 3-D.) A less common counterexample might be when an interesting singular {{w|matrix decomposition}} such as an {{w|eigenvector}} is characterized, but this would only occur when such a datum is highly dimensional. It also could be a joke about papers which only highlight particularly interesting or significant data without including the background measurements or similar mundane information necessary to fully understand or reproduce the findings. While there are [https://www.aje.com/en/arc/data-not-shown-4-reasons-omit-figure-or-table/ accepted reasons for this practice], it can be annoying when trying to follow an otherwise useful procedure or comparing aspects of the results the authors did not anticipate.
+This is most likely intended as facetious satire,{{cn}} because the purpose of a chart or graph figure is to present multiple data which would be less clear as tabular or textual data, so there is rarely any reason to devote a figure to a single datum, regardless of its importance. The canonical counterexample is presentation of [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780123971609000059 the mean of a group of measurements]. ([https://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/3-s2.0-B9780123971609000059-f05-01-9780123971609.jpg Figure here] — note the point's specular reflection indicating 3-D.) A less common counterexample might be when an interesting singular {{w|matrix decomposition}} such as an {{w|eigenvector}} is characterized, but this would only occur when such a datum is highly dimensional. It also could be a joke about papers which only highlight particularly interesting or significant data without including the background measurements or similar mundane information necessary to fully understand or reproduce the findings. While there are [https://www.aje.com/en/arc/data-not-shown-4-reasons-omit-figure-or-table/ accepted reasons for this practice], it can be annoying when trying to follow an otherwise useful procedure or comparing aspects of the results the authors did not anticipate.
 The title text suggests relegating all the other data to supplementary materials, presumably to avoid detracting from the single "cool" datum.

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	When scientific measurements are made, the conclusions are almost always based on many data points observed in relation to each other. The comic jokes that a single data point can somehow be of such interest in isolation that the other data may be disregarded. In reality, a single datum can almost never represent what the information in the related data taken together indicate.		When scientific measurements are made, the conclusions are almost always based on many data points observed in relation to each other. The comic jokes that a single data point can somehow be of such interest in isolation that the other data may be disregarded. In reality, a single datum can almost never represent what the information in the related data taken together indicate.

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 [[Randall]]'s caption states that a figure illustrating a single datum thus constitutes a "science power move." (Similarly to the [[:Category:Science tip|science tips]] of previous comics.)
-This is most likely intended as factitious satire, because the purpose of a chart or graph figure is to present multiple data which would be less clear as tabular or textual data, so there is rarely any reason to devote a figure to a single datum, regardless of its importance. The canonical counterexample is presentation of [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780123971609000059 the mean of a group of measurements]. ([https://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/3-s2.0-B9780123971609000059-f05-01-9780123971609.jpg Figure here] — note the point's specular reflection indicating 3-D.) A less common counterexample might be when an interesting singular {{w|matrix decomposition}} such as an {{w|eigenvector}} is characterized, but this would only occur when such a datum is highly dimensional. It also could be a joke about papers which only highlight particularly interesting or significant data without including the background measurements or similar mundane information necessary to fully understand or reproduce the findings. While there are [https://www.aje.com/en/arc/data-not-shown-4-reasons-omit-figure-or-table/ accepted reasons for this practice], it can be annoying when trying to follow an otherwise useful procedure or comparing aspects of the results the authors did not anticipate.
+This is most likely intended as facetious satire, because the purpose of a chart or graph figure is to present multiple data which would be less clear as tabular or textual data, so there is rarely any reason to devote a figure to a single datum, regardless of its importance. The canonical counterexample is presentation of [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780123971609000059 the mean of a group of measurements]. ([https://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/3-s2.0-B9780123971609000059-f05-01-9780123971609.jpg Figure here] — note the point's specular reflection indicating 3-D.) A less common counterexample might be when an interesting singular {{w|matrix decomposition}} such as an {{w|eigenvector}} is characterized, but this would only occur when such a datum is highly dimensional. It also could be a joke about papers which only highlight particularly interesting or significant data without including the background measurements or similar mundane information necessary to fully understand or reproduce the findings. While there are [https://www.aje.com/en/arc/data-not-shown-4-reasons-omit-figure-or-table/ accepted reasons for this practice], it can be annoying when trying to follow an otherwise useful procedure or comparing aspects of the results the authors did not anticipate.
 The title text suggests relegating all the other data to supplementary materials, presumably to avoid detracting from the single "cool" datum.

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-| titletext = >UMM... TYRONE??!!!?!??!?!?!? WHY ARE YOU LISTENING TO FUsafCKING /MU/CORE????!!!!!!?!?!!?! THAT CHART HAS NO GOOD ALBUMS YOU FUdsfdsfCKING DUMB NIGfdsdsfGER!!!!!!!!! WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BUILT THIS FERTILIZER TRUCK BOMB TO KILL ALL THOSE FUCKfsdING WHITES RUINING AMERICA!!!! I GAVE YOU ONE JOB, BUILD THIS DEVICE AND FdsffsdUCK MY WIFE UNTIL IT IS FINISHED AND IN THE END WE WATCH IT BLOW WHILE JEFRE-CANTU-LEDESMA PLAYS IN OUR GETAWAY VEHICLE. WE HAD IT SO GOOD, THOSE WIVES OF THE DEAD WHITE PEOPLE WILL NOW BE SINGLE TO HAVE THOUSANDS OF BLACK BULLS TO PRODUCE MIXED BABIES WITH THEM, IT WAS GOING TO BE SO GOOD AND YET I CONTINUE TO HEAR YOU PLAYING 'NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL" WHILE YOU FUsdfCK MY WIFE, AND FURTHERMORE, THE COPS ARE OUTSIDE MY FUdsfCKING DOOR. WE HAD A FdsfUfdsCKING DEAL TYRONE!!!!!! THOSE DISGUSTING WHITE PEOPLE RUINING OUR SOCIETY AND STOPPING THOSE BLACK BULLS FROM HAVING BEAUTIFUL MIXED BABIES WITH ALL THE WHITE WOMEN HAD TO PAY!!!!!!!! WE HAD A FUCKING PLAN!!!!!!!
+| titletext = In general you should only include your single best data point in the paper. The rest of the data can go in the supplementary materials.
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 ==Explanation==
-{{incomplete|Created by a WHINING BABY. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}
+{{incomplete|Created by a REALLY COOL DATA POINT. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}
 When scientific measurements are made, the conclusions are almost always based on many data points observed in relation to each other. The comic jokes that a single data point can somehow be of such interest in isolation that the other data may be disregarded. In reality, a single datum can almost never represent what the information in the related data taken together indicate.