Comments on: Bank Graph https://pages.graphics.cs.wisc.edu/765-10/archives/471-bank-graph Course web for CS838 Spring 2010, Visualization Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:15:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.4 By: Jeremy White https://pages.graphics.cs.wisc.edu/765-10/archives/471-bank-graph#comment-125 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 02:22:29 +0000 http://graphics.cs.wisc.edu/Courses/Visualization10/?p=471#comment-125 This visualization is a disaster. As Emma pointed out, using area in this manner to represent the change in market value is very misleading. A bar chart would show the correct areal proportions while allowing horizontal grid lines to show the relationship between the different corporations.

JP Morgan appears to be doing better, relatively speaking, than any of their competitors even though other banks may have sustained lower losses or their market shares remains higher. It is very telling that there is a JP Morgan logo in the lower left corner, although no disclaimer can justify representing the data in this manner.

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