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329: Telling a Story Right with Data

Super Data Science: ML & AI Podcast with Jon Krohn

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Chart Selection Is Mostly Driven by Divine Inspiration

William Cleveland and Robert McGill were two statisticians working at AT&T in 1984. They found that comparing positions against a common axis is something humans do very, very well. A line chart asks you to compare points against a y-axis. So yeah, so the line chart performs really well. Um, any, any guesses what else might perform well, Carole? Well, I've seen your talks.

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