(This article was originally published at Junk Charts, and syndicated at StatsBlogs.)
There is some banter on Twitter about a chart that appeared in The Atlantic on "Pixar's Sad Decline--in One Chart". (@thewhyaxis, @jschwabish, @tealtan).
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It's a bit horrible but not the worst chart ever.
The most offensive aspect is the linear regression line. It's clearly an inappropriate model for this dataset.
I also don't like charts that include impossible values on the axis, in this case, the Rotten Tomato Score does not ever go above 100%.
If the chart is turned on its side, the movie titles can be read horizontally.
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I am compelled by the story but the chart doesn't help at all. Of course, it would be better if they can find data on the profitability of each movie. Readers should ask how correlated the Rotten Tomato Score is with box office, and also, what are the relative costs of producing these different movies. Jon has the score against profit chart (link).
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