A Decade in a Handy Chart
December 29th, 2009 by SocProf and tagged Sociology
Via the New York Times (click on the image for larger view):
Graphs like these are fun (like all the “bingos” variety) but they have a “flattening” effect. Each item is presented as as important as the others. In this case, even though there is a “fad” row, the entire chart has a fad quality.
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December 29th, 2009 at 6:24 pm
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