er time. Panels A and B show the same data, but with different ranges of values along the Y axis. Data obtained from <a href="https://www.ucrdatatool.gov/Search/Crime/State/RunCrimeStatebyState.cfm" class="uri">https://www.ucrdatatool.gov/Search/Crime/State/RunCrimeStatebyState.cfm</a>
</p>
</div>
<p>One of the major controversies in statistical data visualization is how to choose the Y axis, and in particular whether it should always include zero. In his famous book “How to lie with statistics”, Darrel