Marginalium

A note in the margins

January 10, 2025

Marginalium

My commentary on something from elsewhere on the web.

On Fables and Nuanced Charts:

While data visualizations appear to present information objectively, they are laden with assumptions. Some of those assumptions are held by the chart maker, and others are held by you.

One of the reasons you shouldn’t get so worked up by those plots of stuff you see on Instagram. See also Problems with P-Values and The trap of scientific evidence.


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