Visualizing observed deaths using polar coordinates

Re:Visualizing observed deaths using polar coordinates by taeric on Thursday August 26, 2021 @10:48PM (#28323797)

I wish I knew how the partisan debate became the debate. :(

For myself, I am not convinced we know what the world would have looked like given any alternative response. I do not think we should give up. I just don't know what has actually worked. Hard to argue against more testing, though.

Edit: also, to be clear, I am not trying to argue you shouldn't do the charts this way. Rather, saying I probably need some training to align to what you think this makes more clear. And I believe it could just be different licks, and all that.

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Re:Visualizing observed deaths using polar coordinates by mcculley on Thursday August 26, 2021 @11:45PM (#28324087)

I think that there is any confusion at all is more an indication that I have failed to make a good case for this being more useful. I found it more useful for my own needs looking at my state and trying to understand the normal expected seasonal variation versus 2020-2021.

This is the kind of feedback I was looking for. Thank you.

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Re:Visualizing observed deaths using polar coordinates by taeric on Friday August 27, 2021 @12:38AM (#28324357)

Thanks for sharing! I see you got pointed suggestions for moving the legend and changing the scale. Looking forward to seeing them after those changes.

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Re:Visualizing observed deaths using polar coordinates by mcculley on Saturday August 28, 2021 @12:13PM (#28339186)

I have regenerated the graphs to use the square root of the count as the radius to keep the area constant, as others have suggested. I appreciate the feedback.

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