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This is inspired by
http://www.darkhorseanalytics.com/blog/too-many-bars
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More about this sheet in the Medium article
https://medium.com/@floriancornu/using-google-sheet-charting-options-for-simpler-charts-87459487f8ed#.s420edpp5
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1. Default bar Chart
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Data set
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MalesFemales
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Q1 - Lower7682
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Q27883
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Q3 - Middle7983
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Q47983
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Q5 - Highest8084
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2. Line chart
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The bar chart combined with the y-axis not starting at 0 is misleading as the quantity of 'ink' at the bottom of the chart draws eyes on the x-axis.
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We can make it a line chart in a few clicks in the advanced edit of the chart.
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3. Removing distractions
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We keep the line chart visualisation, with several changes
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- We reverse the order of the Females and Males columns, for the legend to be in the same order than the lines (Females above Males).
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- We change the texts in the table for the chart to have simpler labels "Low Income" to "High Income".
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FemalesMales
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Low Income81.775.6
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83.077.8
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Mid83.378.7
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High Income84.080.3
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In the chart itself,
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- We remove the colors to avoid the signification colors can have for different people
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- We remove the gridlines by making their colors the same than the background (white)
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- We make the line thinner (to 1px) and add point shapes to highlight the data points
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