Re:For the first time on record, the 400 wealthiest American...
by _edo on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @01:03AM
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> For example, would you start the y-axis on a graph of global temperature at –273.15°C (absolute zero)
> This is a lazy statement
Yes it is.
> This is missing what the graph is trying to convey.....It only makes the graph more readable.
The problem is that so many decisions are made trying to tell the right story that eventually the underlying data barely matters at all. If top 400 doesn't work maybe top 100 will, or top 10, or top 1000. If going back to 1950 doesn't work then maybe 1960 or 1940.
If you don't care about things like best practices you can simply choose the shape of the graph you want and go from there. Maybe this time they did it with effective tax rates. It doesn't matter.
> This is a lazy statement
Yes it is.
> This is missing what the graph is trying to convey.....It only makes the graph more readable.
The problem is that so many decisions are made trying to tell the right story that eventually the underlying data barely matters at all. If top 400 doesn't work maybe top 100 will, or top 10, or top 1000. If going back to 1950 doesn't work then maybe 1960 or 1940.
If you don't care about things like best practices you can simply choose the shape of the graph you want and go from there. Maybe this time they did it with effective tax rates. It doesn't matter.