Comments on: Information Visualization Week in Review: September 28 http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/charts-information-visualization-review-september-28/ Business Charts, Done Right Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:52:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: admin http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/charts-information-visualization-review-september-28/comment-page-1/#comment-793 admin Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:49:40 +0000 http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/?p=316#comment-793 See? Very difficult to explain... :) Seriously: If you want a safe dataset to play with log scales merge the datasets in the link above. It tells a very interesting story of the home loans mess. See? Very difficult to explain… :)
Seriously: If you want a safe dataset to play with log scales merge the datasets in the link above. It tells a very interesting story of the home loans mess.

]]> By: derek http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/charts-information-visualization-review-september-28/comment-page-1/#comment-792 derek Mon, 29 Sep 2008 07:41:39 +0000 http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/?p=316#comment-792 <i>I like to use a log scale, but unfortunately it is difficult to explain it.</i> <a href="http://xkcd.com/482/" rel="nofollow">xkcd helps out</a> Actually I was being really lazy using a log scale. As Jon Peltier had pointed out before, it's not really appropriate for a 0-1 distribution, it should be used for a 0-infinity distribution. But it was easiest to just tick the "exponential" button in Excel. I like to use a log scale, but unfortunately it is difficult to explain it.

xkcd helps out

Actually I was being really lazy using a log scale. As Jon Peltier had pointed out before, it’s not really appropriate for a 0-1 distribution, it should be used for a 0-infinity distribution. But it was easiest to just tick the “exponential” button in Excel.

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