Misleading Activity Graphs
Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 1:53 pm
Hours where there are no entries are ignored when graphing:
http://www.warcraftrealms.com/activity.php?serverid=63
There is a straight line drawn from the hour zero value (723) to the hour seven value (138) even though the entries (and thus average) is zero during hours 1-6. This gives the misleading impression that horde activity is higher than alliance activity around hours 4-5.
I can kinda see why you did it that way - with no submissions in a specific hour, the assumption is that it's an average of the surroundings hours - but I think that graphing the zero values would give a better picture overall.
(And yes, I should log on my Lothar hordie more often, I know)
http://www.warcraftrealms.com/activity.php?serverid=63
There is a straight line drawn from the hour zero value (723) to the hour seven value (138) even though the entries (and thus average) is zero during hours 1-6. This gives the misleading impression that horde activity is higher than alliance activity around hours 4-5.
I can kinda see why you did it that way - with no submissions in a specific hour, the assumption is that it's an average of the surroundings hours - but I think that graphing the zero values would give a better picture overall.
(And yes, I should log on my Lothar hordie more often, I know)