Average rating for each episode [data-driven]
I couldn't think of a single bad episode, so I was curious what other people thought was the worst. Both the pilot and the second Queen of Jordan were rated the worst, at 7.2. Still a pretty good rating!
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Stop making graphs that don't start at 0, it's good that at least they all start at the same value, but by cutting off the axis below 7 you are altering the presentation of the data to imply a larger variance than there actually was.
I think the real issue is probably more the simple fact that this is a bar graph and not a line graph. The point of these graphs is to compare each episode relative to each other, not to compare relative to zero. In that case, a line graph with a Y axis ranging from 7-9.5 makes sense.
Or I could just make this a triangle graph...
What's a triangle graph...?
Still doesn't make sense with the bottom cut off. Imagine it as comparing the height of a bunch of people, say Americans vs Asians just going for a large difference here, if you start the chart at 4 feet, then you are going to get a very different feel from it compared to one started at 0. It will imply a even larger difference than there is
Don't trim your graphs.
Stop reading axis before drawing conclusions, it’s good that you saw the graph at all, but by cutting your attention short, you are altering the perception of the data to imply a larger misunderstanding than there actually was.
Without the axis it looks like some episodes had a rating of 1 and others a rating of 9 or 10.
If I don't read the axis the conclusion is even worse!
At least I know where the zero index is if I check the axis.
Not reading the axis is the worst thing you could do for information literacy