Lock the Denominator Before Animating Public Data
A percentage can change meaning while its digits stay the same. An animation shows a bright segment growing to 60 percent, but the denominator shifts from surveyed respondents to all eligible residents. Missing responses disappear from the picture, and motion gives the final number more certainty than the data supports. Public-data animation needs a denominator […]
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