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UsandoFXOS OP t1_j48zyla wrote

Reply to comment by Draugtaur in [OC] Heavy Metal bands in Spanish-speaking countries · Jan'2023 by UsandoFXOS

I think that another user ( u/groovycoyote ) has commented the same thing but with another words: not to use LINE GRAPH for CATEGORICAL DATA (list of countries on X axis).

Yep. I understand the point of you. But help me please to see the difference with a "double bar per country" graphic in this case (one bar for metric A, one bar for metric B). Wouldn't be this bar graph "less redeable". Even, wouldn't it seems that first bar is "before" and second bar is "after", just speaking about time.

However, when i use bars for "number of total bands" and dot-line for "bands per unhabitant", i think that i'm making clear that both are 2 different METRICS, instead of 2 different VALUES of the the same country (probably in different times).

Do you understand me?

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anonkitty2 t1_j49f86g wrote

Yes. I understand. But I think bars and lonely points would be better for "total bands" and "bands per capita."

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creatinavirtual t1_j4a6iux wrote

Just stack two bar plots one on top of the other, with the shared x axis. In fact i would add a third plot which would be the ratio between the two, and so we could see for instance that mexico has a huge metal band proportion.

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