Type:
Volume:
33(2)
Pages:
online
Year:
2011
Publisher:
Teaching Statistics
URL:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-9639.2010.00456.x/abstract
Abstract:
This article addresses an important problem of graphing quantitative data: should one include zero on the scale showing magnitude? Based on a real time series example, the problem is discussed and some recommendations are proposed
The CAUSE Research Group is supported in part by a member initiative grant from the American Statistical Association’s Section on Statistics and Data Science Education