[OC] Suicide Rate vs GDP per capita for various countries. Notice that the upper right triangle is almost empty i.e. generally increase in GDP per capita results in decrease in suicide rates.BenjaminDrover t1_isd0r6k wrote
I would recommend making both axes logarithmic to uncluster the data points.
ankuprk OP t1_isj3v7j wrote
I agree with x axis, but I don't think we should make death rate logarithmic, because that doesn't make sense physically. Like say things like infant mortality rate, births per woman, etc are always plotted on a linear scale.
c8n8r t1_isktvcf wrote
The interpretation is muddier, but I agree applying log’s appropriate: you probably have at least a nonlinear (eg multiplicative, power law, etc) style of relationship giving rise to these data and log would help for visualizations like these where linear relationships are most comprehensible
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