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		carver on May 26, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Don't use Scatterplots Putting the data in log-scale before coloring should improve your ability to visualize magnitude differences. (issue 2 that you raised)

bane on May 26, 2012 [–]

Another great one is Jenks. It doesn't do much to help with comparing magnitude between colored classification levels, but it can help visualize the fact the categories exist at all.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenks_Natural_Breaks_Optimizati...

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