To decide if values are high or low, sometimes you have to divide the numbers for a relative comparison instead of an absolute one.
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Looking for a Denominator
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Case rates adjusted for the unvaccinated
Covid-19 cases in the United States were down, but they’re moving up again,…
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Relative Comparison – The Process 136
In analysis and visualization, you’re often tasked with the “compared to what” question. Your approach will change the perspective.
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Facebook feed comparison between groups
As part of their Citizen Browser project to inspect Facebook, The Markup shows…
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Poor comparison between two bar charts
A chart from Business Insider makes a poor attempt to compare the death…
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Making Comparisons Easier When Presenting Data (The Process #40)
Visualization is all about making comparisons. If you have nothing to compare to, then the chart fails. In this issue I describe some of the ways you can make your charts more comparable.
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Visualizing Differences
Focus on finding or displaying contrasting points, and some visual methods are more helpful than others. A guide.
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Useless Data Comparisons
Apples and oranges situations where the comparisons make no sense.
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Dinosaurs versus airplane
Scientists found the fossils of a giant dinosaur that they estimate was 26…
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Race distributions of police departments versus residents →
When you compare distributions of race for police departments and for the residents…
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Size comparison of everything
If you’re like me, you often wonder how big the Stay Puft Marshmallow…
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Gallons of stuff that cost more than gasoline
In response to Sarah Palin’s complaints about gas prices around four dollars per…
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Chinese provinces compared to countries
It’s easy to forget just how big some countries are. For example, China:…