Recent comments in /f/dataisbeautiful

axkee141 OP t1_j3helao wrote

I guess I'm still trying to wrap my head around log graphs being used to "hide" data since more of the data is able to be read than on a linear graph. I guess I need to take into account that even if more data is visible, it's in a less digestible form for people who aren't used to log scales. The data ends up being communicated poorly to a general audience

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spicer2 OP t1_j3hcy3m wrote

Data source: COCA (Corpus of contemporary American English)

Tools used: Excel

Methodology: I'm most interested in applying data viz/data journalism techniques to areas that don't traditionally receive them. I was curious to see if there was a way to measure the relative cultural impact of different parts of the Bible and this is the best I came up with.

I looked up the name of each book in COCA with a wildcard, then scrolled down to find the verse with the highest tally. Obviously it's only a sample of all published media (even if a big one) and doesn't include sermons afaik, but I looking at this, I think it's a pretty good representation of the whole.

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jakubkonecki t1_j3hbu47 wrote

If the charts are not particularly beautiful than this isn't the best sub for them.

If you like bubbles and crashes than they look much better without logarithmic scale. Log scale is usually used by proponents to 'hide' declines.

Maybe you should think about how to better present the changes in prices. Compare with other bubbles. Or compare with well know products that have stable prices to underline how ridiculously expensive they would be if they appreciated in the same way as BTC.

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calguy1955 t1_j3ha2b9 wrote

Even with the chart at the bottom showing box office gross adjusted for inflation the circles are misleading. It would be more interesting to see a chart comparing what the actual theater attendance was by decade. It could further be refined by showing the attendance ratio compared to total population.

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-Kaldore- t1_j3h6dp9 wrote

Reply to comment by SamJamsy in Box Office Revenue [OC] by CharcoalCharts

No not really. Watch time is up across most streaming platforms so post 2020 people watch more movies. The drop in recent years is due largely to the fact that pirating has become easier and lots of movies aren’t built for theatres anymore. You see lots of movies built for streaming platforms and not so much theatres.

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