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TheCriticalAmerican t1_j5odkji wrote

No. This has been lambasted on social media for the horrible axis on the first graph. There's no reason to have two axis on one graph like that, unless you're intentionally trying to be disingenuous.

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KeepTangoAndFoxtrot t1_j5oetwv wrote

>There's no reason to have two axis on one graph like that, unless you're intentionally trying to be disingenuous.

Not completely true -- it's somewhat common to have two vertical axes in a graph that's trying to show a correlation between two charts. However, when those axes are showing the same unit, then yes, it does seem like it would be intentionally misleading. This graph in particular was justifiably criticized for its misleading nature.

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NorthImpossible8906 t1_j5of010 wrote

What figure are we supposed to be looking at? And what makes them beautiful, it's just the most simple line plot there could be.

disagree, it's not beautiful. Plotting curves with different ranges is very misleading (in first plot). This would be a good example of how NOT to present data.

The fact that there is technically a secret word somewhere in the legend, that allows someone to be able to decipher it, doesn't negate that the plot is poorly presented. No one should have to make the effort to go searching to understand the presentation.

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TheCriticalAmerican t1_j5ofek0 wrote

>However, when those axes are showing the same unit, then yes, it does seem like it would be intentionally misleading.

This. I have no idea why someone would show the same unit. I've seen this when units are different, but there's really no use case for two axes when they have the same unit.

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Mother_Goat t1_j5oinfl wrote

The typo in the post heading is killing the vibe

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