{"id":1872,"date":"2010-08-11T03:24:02","date_gmt":"2010-08-11T02:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.decisionsciencenews.com\/?p=1872"},"modified":"2010-09-03T05:14:16","modified_gmt":"2010-09-03T04:14:16","slug":"which-chart-is-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decisionsciencenews.com\/?p=1872","title":{"rendered":"Which chart is better?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CHART CRITICS, GRAPHICS CURMUDGEONS, COME ONE COME ALL<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.decisionsciencenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/kdp.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1876  aligncenter\" title=\"kdp\" src=\"http:\/\/www.decisionsciencenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/kdp.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"475\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decisionsciencenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/kdp.png 475w, https:\/\/www.decisionsciencenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/kdp-300x189.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/messymatters.com\/2009\/11\/30\/what-can-search-predict\/\">Once upon a time<\/a> there was this graph (graph 1).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.decisionsciencenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/uggra.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1873  aligncenter\" title=\"uggra\" src=\"http:\/\/www.decisionsciencenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/uggra.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"408\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decisionsciencenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/uggra.png 408w, https:\/\/www.decisionsciencenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/uggra-300x181.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Andrew Gelman went all <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stat.columbia.edu\/~cook\/movabletype\/archives\/2009\/11\/everybodys_a_cr.html\">graphics curmudgeon<\/a> on it, calling it an &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stat.columbia.edu\/~cook\/movabletype\/archives\/2009\/12\/if_you_have_sha.html\">ugly, sloppy bit of data graphics<\/a>&#8220;, so it became this graph (graph 2).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.decisionsciencenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/spgra.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1874  aligncenter\" title=\"spgra\" src=\"http:\/\/www.decisionsciencenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/spgra.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"416\" height=\"423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decisionsciencenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/spgra.png 416w, https:\/\/www.decisionsciencenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/spgra-295x300.png 295w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 416px) 100vw, 416px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now the question is, which is better: graph 2 or graph 3?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.decisionsciencenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/prgra.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1875  aligncenter\" title=\"prgra\" src=\"http:\/\/www.decisionsciencenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/prgra.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"410\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decisionsciencenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/prgra.png 410w, https:\/\/www.decisionsciencenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/prgra-273x300.png 273w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please use the comments and logic. Thank you.<\/p>\n<p>ADDENDUM<\/p>\n<p>As a result of all the feedback here. The following chart was chosen for use in the publication (Proceedings in the National Academy of Sciences):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.decisionsciencenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/summary_fit21.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2000\" title=\"summary_fit21\" src=\"http:\/\/www.decisionsciencenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/summary_fit21.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"354\" height=\"327\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">Photo credit: http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/emeryjl\/2104152944\/. Graphs 1 and 3 have four categories and graph 2 has five categories. Also, there is a missing label on graph 3&#8217;s horizontal axis. Assume you are deciding among graphs of these basic forms that have equivalent numbers of groups and identical axis labeling.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHART CRITICS, GRAPHICS CURMUDGEONS, COME ONE COME ALL Once upon a time there was this graph (graph 1). Andrew Gelman went all graphics curmudgeon on it, calling it an &#8220;ugly, sloppy bit of data graphics&#8220;, so it became this graph (graph 2). Now the question is, which is better: graph 2 or graph 3? 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