As someone who deals with data visualization for a living, I mostly agree. But also, it's fine to do this as long as you have some sort of visual indicator to show that the data continues down to 0 as opposed to leaving it like it is in the chart above. If you need to be able to show the details in the data that is present higher up, removing the extra numbers where data isn't present is a good way to do so. But again, you need some kind of indication that you have done so or you're just being deceiving.
Heights are potentially a good example of that. Iirc, the standard deviation of height is only about 3 inches (for women), so doing the full y-axis would make small differences between groups impossible to visually compare.
I just don't know why they don't all use last names. Full names is just really basic best practice on the first instance, before switching usually to last name only, or first name only if you're personally familiar with the person.
In the 90s you could arbitrarily refer to Michael and there was a 50/50 shot that anyone could guess specifically who you were talking about. I think pretty much everyone still knows who Arnold is when referenced.
Not really. Only one of the people pictured really has a stage name, and even that's a stretch, because Beyonce created her stage name merely by dropping her surname. Normally, the term "stage name" refers more to people who use a completely different name, like Katheryn Hudson, better known as Katy Perry, or Ramón and Carlos Estevez (Martin and Charlie Sheen).
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bleistift2@sopuli.xyz · 205 pts · 333d
Great way to demonstrate the absurdity of y axes that don’t start at 0.
BlueLineBae@midwest.social · 61 pts · 333d
As someone who deals with data visualization for a living, I mostly agree. But also, it's fine to do this as long as you have some sort of visual indicator to show that the data continues down to 0 as opposed to leaving it like it is in the chart above. If you need to be able to show the details in the data that is present higher up, removing the extra numbers where data isn't present is a good way to do so. But again, you need some kind of indication that you have done so or you're just being deceiving.
taiyang@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 333d
Heights are potentially a good example of that. Iirc, the standard deviation of height is only about 3 inches (for women), so doing the full y-axis would make small differences between groups impossible to visually compare.
ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org · 11 pts · 332d
How about a chart starting at 0, then cropping the bottom ¾ − not showing the full body but with heads in proportion?
davidagain@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 332d
If these women have such similar heights, what on earth is the point in showing the differences between them so misleadingly starkly?
monogram@feddit.nl · 8 pts · 333d
Toldry@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 332d
Could you give some examples done well of a visualization with a y-axis that doesn't represent 0? I'm curious what that would look like
vzqq@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 73 pts · 333d
Ariana “Grande”
QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works · 22 pts · 333d
yet another lie red to us by the woke left smh
cRazi_man@europe.pub · 7 pts · 333d
More like Ariana Demi......amirite
germanatlas@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 59 pts · 333d
Imagine if humans actually had height disparities like that
FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 21 pts · 333d
Me when big ladies
QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 333d
you're not gonna believe this
https://youtu.be/SnustNWncu8
ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org · 5 pts · 332d
And width and depth too?
This would make Sabrina weigh a few hundred grams.
ianfraserkrillmaster@midwest.social · 37 pts · 333d
ariana no es muy grande
lemmyknow@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 333d
Sabrina Carpintera, por el otro lado… pequeña, y dulce
TachyonTele@piefed.social · 20 pts · 333d
I have no idea who Megan or Dua is.
I kinda like that. I'm old now!
fahfahfahfah@lemmy.billiam.net · 18 pts · 333d
If you were aware of Cardi B’s WAP, Megan was the feature on that. I only really know Dua Lipa because of the Levitating lawsuit
TachyonTele@piefed.social · 11 pts · 333d
No idea thank you though!
Midnitte@beehaw.org · 6 pts · 333d
She's got some bangers too.
some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 332d
Wireless Application Protocol??
officermike@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 333d
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megan_Thee_Stallion
I only know Megan for Wet-Ass Pussy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dua_Lipa
Dance the Night is the only song of Dua's I recognize.
Zagorath@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 333d
I just don't know why they don't all use last names. Full names is just really basic best practice on the first instance, before switching usually to last name only, or first name only if you're personally familiar with the person.
funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works · 17 pts · 333d
for the same reason that when we grew up you say
Freddie
or
Elton
And be confident "everyone" knew what you were talking about.
ThunderWhiskers@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 333d
In the 90s you could arbitrarily refer to Michael and there was a 50/50 shot that anyone could guess specifically who you were talking about. I think pretty much everyone still knows who Arnold is when referenced.
grue@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 333d
That's 'cause there were two of them, Jackson and Jordan.
TachyonTele@piefed.social · 4 pts · 333d
It's called having a stage name.
Zagorath@aussie.zone · 0 pts · 332d
Not really. Only one of the people pictured really has a stage name, and even that's a stretch, because Beyonce created her stage name merely by dropping her surname. Normally, the term "stage name" refers more to people who use a completely different name, like Katheryn Hudson, better known as Katy Perry, or Ramón and Carlos Estevez (Martin and Charlie Sheen).
iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 333d
Dua Lipa has some bops.
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world · 20 pts · 333d
Sabrina always sings like she wants me but when I show up at her house she calls security and I can’t handle these mixed messages.
jason_is_back@tucson.social · 19 pts · 333d
Same guide for tinder dating 5'11" vs 6'
Septimaeus@infosec.pub · 6 pts · 332d
There are 5’11” men on Tinder?
jason_is_back@tucson.social · 3 pts · 330d
Just a myth.
Beebabe@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 333d
What it feels like being a 5’ staff when fifth grade stampedes by .
notoftenthat@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 333d
/r/samespecies was banned for good reason
morphballganon@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 333d
... is there something inappropriate about the image?
Karjalan@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 332d
Yeah, I don't really get it
thagoat@lemmy.sdf.org · 7 pts · 333d
Sooooo, Taylor is only 10 inches long from her heels to the top her head? That's a large foot.
ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com · 7 pts · 333d
Smorty@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 333d
Research paper charts be like-
RedSnt@feddit.dk · 5 pts · 333d
::: spoiler Nicki Minaj seething somewhere.
She'd be inbetween Selena and Ariana at 5 foot 2-3 inches :::
magnetosphere@fedia.io · 5 pts · 333d
No Olivia Rodrigo? That’s a shame. At 5’4”, she’d be right next to Selena.
Denjin@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 333d
Anyone got Megan's number?
everett@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 333d
5'10"
Denjin@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 333d
Great, thanks.
whoisearth@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 333d
Yeah but she can't talk right now got her mouth full
cosmicrookie@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 333d
TachyonTele@piefed.social · 1 pts · 333d
How come a smaller number is... smaller than a larger number? What?
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12.
FelixCress@lemmy.world · -5 pts · 333d