On 18 March 2010 19:32, Matt Ford <[email protected]> wrote: > They're using an interesting scale on their bar chart for vote > percentage! > > The difference between 30 and 18 is less than the difference between 18 > and 15, yet that difference is about the same as the difference between > 15.5 and 15.09. > > Doesn't seem entirely honest to me! >
A little while ago I expressed my unhappiness at a Lib Dem poster that was considerably less awful than this. Not only are heights simply made up, but the *width* of the UKIP box is about double the others which means that visually (even without the bold) it has the visual impact of double its actual value (which is of course fiddled too). So, in my book its a downright lie and it would be better for the person who put it together to have a millstone tied round their neck and be flung into the ocean. I take statistics seriously. -- Francis Davey _______________________________________________ Mailing list [email protected] Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public
