02-03-2012, 09:13 PM
Grace62 wrote:
"The trend is our friend."
Man, whenever I see charts like this, I cringe.
I learned in high school math that you HAVE to begin the vertical axis at 0 for things like this.
What is magical about 7? It magnifies the difference beyond the realistic change.
(This is not meant to be a political swipe at the drop in unemployment, just an observation about graphs and how misleading they can be)