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MultiplyAccumulate t1_j0xlb2i wrote

Actually, it is a graph of salary vs year you got your PhD, not salary vs years since PhD. Someone who gets a PHD today will probably be making much less in 20years, than someone who got their PhD in 1960 after 20years. And year you got your PhD may matter way more than years since PhD.

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PepsiCoffee t1_j0y0xg1 wrote

and the red dots are graduate students, which is really misleading because they are not PHDs. This data is not beautiful.

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dapicis804 t1_j0y3yxl wrote

Interesting premise, confusing execution. The colours are cute though.

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ItchyTheAssHole t1_j0yftaj wrote

And yet ANOTHER terribly titled plot in r/dataisbeautiful (and to your point many other issues as well).

As a data scientist, the trash that gets published in this sub annoys me so much

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cuginhamer t1_j14wmyg wrote

Often the data is fine but the interpretation is so far removed from the actual axes that I want it to be removed and banned. Revise and resubmit!

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