On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 10:25 AM, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer <dieterdre...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2011/4/18 David Murn <da...@incanberra.com.au>: >> If you want to represent these important figures in statistics, can you >> at least use a common scale to avoid distorting peoples views of the >> figures? Using deceptive graphing methods was a trick we were taught >> back in school as a child. It doesnt make your figures look any better, > > > It makes them readable. If you used the same scale you won't see the > handful of no-votes against the 10000 yes-votes.
Yes, this is why I used a different axis for both values. Otherwise the "accept" would be a straight line across the top and the "decline" would be a straight line across the bottom of the graph. Not very useful. I am using zabbix to make the graphs. Like I said, it is targeted at system monitoring, not statistical analysis. Hence, the scales change based on the available data to maximize the viewability of the data. If someone wants, I might be able to produce a data dump so you can make your own graphs. Zabbix stores it as a timestamp and a value in a mysql database. Toby _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
