osed an idea called the data/ink ratio:</p>
<p><span class="math display">\[
data/ink\ ratio = \frac{amount\, of\, ink\, used\, on\, data}{total\, amount\, of\, ink}
\]</span>
The point of this is to minimize visual clutter and let the data show through. For example, take the two presentations of the dental health data in Figure <a href="data-visualization.html#fig:dataInkExample">4.5</a>. Both panels show the same data, but panel A is much easier to apprehend, because of its relatively higher data/ink rati