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bosssx t1_j3bijle wrote

Reply to comment by rubenbmathisen in [OC] Apple VS 110 Countries by rubenbmathisen

You labeled the chart and they still don't want to read.

I wonder if some on told them it would take 5 years of their income to buy a sports car. They would say that "income and cars are different you can't compare the two"

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homerjdimpson t1_j3bzgtk wrote

Isn’t the purpose of visual data to make it more easily understandable for valid comparisons? This is like Purdue pharma showing logarithmic data and saying, you labeled it and they still don’t wanna read.

Depending on OPs intended conclusions it’s sort of misinformation or manipulation.

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rubenbmathisen OP t1_j3bjv8u wrote

Exactly. There is no rule that says you cant compare a flow to a stock (as many here seem to believe). Its freqently done in economics, and in general it can be quite helpful to understand the size of the stock (as with your sports car example).

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