I’m not picking on anyone this time, just making public a musing I have, although it does hark back to the previous post. I’ve been thinking about how statistics can be made to stand out – or hidden if that’s what’s needed. I’m not talking about pulling out large numbers at the side of the text with a caption, the Guardian already have that down to a fine art.
I’m talking about statistics in text. 1 in 5 were red, 20% were green, one in five were black, 1/5 were blue and twenty percent were white.
Clearly the statistics which use words become anonymous, but the surprise of unfamiliar word shapes makes the numbered versions stand out.
Let′s discuss: leave a comment and see where the conversation goes