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Relative Comparison – The Process 136

Welcome to issue #136 of The Process, the newsletter for FlowingData members where I talk about charting better. I’m Nathan Yau, and this week I’m thinking about comparisons.

In analysis and visualization, you’re often tasked with the “compared to what” question. How is this year different from last year? How does this offering compare against that other offering? Is that group better than the other group?

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