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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Y axis should be reversed. Since 90% of graphs are trying to find the sweet spot, would y the lowest-cost, highest protein be in the upper right? Unless I'm reading this correctly it's the lower right, which is hardly /dataisbeautiful

Course I'm shit at math and could be wrong...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You might notice Pork Belly and Ribeye Steak belong way higher than the red dots representing them. In your proposition, I don't think there exists an elegant way to represent those data points.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

If you did grams per USD, then the Ribeye would be 0.06, Pork Belly 0.10. The next worst would have been 0.25, so I think it would clearly show the relatively poor cost per protein.

Of course, I don't think anyone is deluding themselves to think that those foods are the ones to choose if you just want "some source of protein".