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0 pointsmejutoco3y ago0 comments

A good example of what you are warning against is Anscombe’s quartet

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Histograms and Boxplots (and IQRs) don't lie tho...

Boxplots don't lie, but they can mislead as any summary statistic, data viz or model can. https://blog.bioturing.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/BoxVio...

Misleading histograms depend totally on the bin-width tho.

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0 pointsmejutoco3y ago0 comments

A good example of what you are warning against is Anscombe’s quartet

Histograms and Boxplots (and IQRs) don't lie tho...

Boxplots don't lie, but they can mislead as any summary statistic, data viz or model can. https://blog.bioturing.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/BoxVio...

Misleading histograms depend totally on the bin-width tho.

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