I am stuck on a chart for a skeptical audience. I need to choose and annotate a chart so the claim and uncertainty are both visible, but my current attempt is getting vague and too big. What would you check first?
My notes from fixing a chart for a skeptical audience
The useful bit was asking for trade-offs and a smallest test before committing to a full plan.
First, shrink the decision. Do not solve the whole subject at once.
- Fix the grain before calculating.
- Keep assumptions next to the metric.
- Show uncertainty in the output.
Write down the result you need by the end of this session. Then choose one input you trust and make a first pass that can be checked. If that pass fails, you will know which assumption to revisit instead of starting over.
The smaller decision was the missing piece. I was asking for the whole system at once.
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