Loose Parts by Dave Blazek for August 29, 2023

Well, they forgot to put on the scales for either axis. Who can blame you.

You dropped into uncharted territory

He’s redlined again!

The axes are labeled backwards. The independent variable (Charts) should be along the X-axis so that the attention span direction is identified correctly and can plummet.

that’s really more of a graph . . .

As a data analyst, I really appreciate this cartoon. I am aware of data displays wherever I see them.

USA Today usually has good examples of “chart abuse.”

On the other hand, the icons shown during televised baseball games are excellent. They pack a lot of information on a small part of the screen and it is easy to read and understand.

ROFL

Venn are you going to make fun of diagrams.

If interested in diagrams that actually are so well designed that they allow one to detect a relationship that otherwise would be difficult to grasp, read The Visual Display of Quantitative Information by Edward R. Tufte. It really is mind-blowing; one of the best books I have ever read.

At least you got the gist of it…

reaction to this one is off the charts…

The axis is evil.