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That graph is trash. The baseline needs to be at zero.
That graph hurts my data scientist heart
Could you please clarify why the baseline needs to be at 0? I'm genuinely curious.
No it doesn't.
It's meant to illustrate a change and it does so perfectly fine. It's not a scientific paper.
It's a 32-34% increase looking at the graph. That's significant enough to shout about.
Imagine any change you could make surprising competition by 25% in any market. That's huge.
Define "perfectly fine". It is clearly exaggerating the change. At a glance it looks more like a 5 times increase, not a 30% increase.
Of lies, damned lies, and statistics this graph is certainly one of them.
Did you know that disco record sales were up 400% for the year ending 1976, if these trends continue...AY!
True.