enhancing
the defaults 003:
left aligned axis
Left aligned or right aligned? Which one is better? It depends (as usual in data graphics). Let’s begin how to set it up in with Excel charts:
Links mentioned in the video:
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Below are real examples in the wild of charts with left aligned axis:
source: https://blog.datawrapper.de/new-years-resolutions-topics/
source: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/26/briefing/guns-america-shooting-deaths.html
source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/26/learning/whats-going-on-in-this-graph-oct-2-2019.html
source: https://www.wsj.com/articles/americans-pull-back-from-values-that-once-defined-u-s-wsj-norc-poll-finds-df8534cd
source: https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/the-exact-age-when-you-make-your-best-financial-decisions-2a8163bb
source: https://www.wsj.com/economy/us-gdp-economy-third-quarter-f247fa45
source: https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-ai-is-catapulting-nvidia-toward-the-1-trillion-club-14f42380
source: https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2022/09/08/elizabeth-ii-was-the-longest-reigning-monarch-in-british-history
source: https://www.economist.com/special-report/2023/03/20/how-digital-gaming-spreads-far-and-wide
Source: https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-covid19-crisis-is-officially-over-everything-changed-605b31ae?mod=e2tw
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/dec/16/snow-chance-how-a-white-christmas-has-become-less-likely-in-britain
Source: https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2022/11/11/how-much-money-is-needed-to-fight-climate-change
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/nov/02/one-in-six-people-living-england-wales-were-born-different-country-census-reveals
Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/live-blog/2022-10-27/brazil-presidential-election-runoff
Source: https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2022/11/04/our-midterm-predictions-point-to-major-gains-for-the-republicans
Source: https://www.propublica.org/article/yieldstar-rent-increase-realpage-rent
Source: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-democrats-and-republicans-think-differently-about-crime-and-gun-violence/
Source: https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/markus-soeder-sieht-bayern-beim-ausbau-erneuerbarer-energien-vorne-ein-faktencheck-in-daten-und-statistiken-a-89c687cc-a195-4c9e-a9f9-53ecbf51f2da?sara_ecid=soci_upd_KsBF0AFjflf0DZCxpPYDCQgO1dEMph
Source: https://elpais.com/clima-y-medio-ambiente/2022-07-24/olas-de-calor-lo-que-viene-es-peor.html
Source: https://www.szabadeuropa.hu/a/abrakon-mutatjuk-meg-hogyan-tuntetne-el-az-osszes-szivarvanyt-a-kormany/31929828.html
Source: https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2022/07/13/which-covid-19-vaccine-saved-the-most-lives-in-2021
Source: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/held-back-the-mothers-who-cant-afford-to-return-to-work-r5r3k9bxl
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/03/upshot/gun-control-polling-votes.html
Source: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/america-s-battle-with-gun-violence-in-maps-and-charts-sjl083fcf
Source: https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2022/05/20/why-the-crypto-crash-hit-black-americans-hard
Source: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-real-dividing-line-on-abortion/
Source: https://www.eldiario.es/economia/aumentan-hogares-ingreso-minimo-vital-ayuda-cubre-mitad-pobreza-extrema_1_10972664.html
Source: https://www.eldiario.es/economia/mapa-precio-alquiler-calle-calle-descubre-vivir-gastar-tercio-ingresos_1_10798087.html
Source: https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2022/04/19/how-chinas-sinovac-compares-with-biontechs-mrna-vaccine
Source: https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/lowell-high-admissions-17110235.php
Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/food/2024/03/14/irish-pub-names/
Source: https://www.elmundo.es/economia/ahorro-y-consumo/2022/02/11/62052950e4d4d86d798b45aa.html
Source: https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2022/02/10/americans-want-reforms-to-curb-gerrymandering-our-new-poll-shows
Source: https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2022/01/20/covid-19-vaccines-have-made-americans-less-anxious-and-depressed
Source: https://elpais.com/sociedad/2022-01-15/el-exito-de-las-vacunas-contra-omicron-los-vacunados-tienen-cinco-veces-menos-probabilidad-de-ingresar-en-un-hospital.html
Source: https://yougov.co.uk/entertainment/articles/49316-eurotrack-who-is-watching-eurovision-2024-and-why