http://thesocietypages.org/graphicsociology/2010/05/19/the-us-federal-budget/ Analyzing the visual presentation of social data. Each post, Laura Norén takes a chart, table, interactive graphic or other display of sociologically relevant data and evaluates the success of the graphic. Sat, 31 Jan 2015 21:29:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://thesocietypages.org/graphicsociology/2010/05/19/the-us-federal-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-5548 Fri, 28 May 2010 20:16:01 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/graphicsociology/?p=801#comment-5548 […] knew that a discussion of onions in Germany could be so fascinating? And the Graphic Sociology blog jumps in to dissect a graphic that shows the relative place of research amid the U.S. federal […]

]]> http://thesocietypages.org/graphicsociology/2010/05/19/the-us-federal-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-5493 Mon, 24 May 2010 16:12:53 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/graphicsociology/?p=801#comment-5493 oops – that 1005 was supposed to be 100%.

]]> http://thesocietypages.org/graphicsociology/2010/05/19/the-us-federal-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-5492 Mon, 24 May 2010 16:12:15 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/graphicsociology/?p=801#comment-5492 Cool. One question: am I missing something? The budget is a totality: 1; 1005; one line. So, why are there two lines? Couldn’t the blue line on the left be deleted, with no loss of info, and losing some confusion? I spent a few moments trying to figure out what the blue line was: the deficit? Next year’s budget? EU budget?

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