It’s like a line chart, but it specifically uses a reference point, which becomes the baseline, to compare all the other categories to.
By shifting the baseline to a reference point, you can focus a line chart on relative change, which can improve the visibility of smaller categories.
We looked at shifts in job distribution over the past several decades, but it was difficult to see by how much each occupation group changed individually. This chart makes the changes more obvious.
As industries change and interests shift, some bachelor's degrees grow more popular while others become less so.
