Briefle words · Data & charts
Ordinal data
Values that express order or position rather than quantity, like 1st, 2nd and 3rd, where the gaps between steps are not equal amounts.
Say it to an AI
Line chart of the show's weekly category rank over eight weeks with a takeaway title. Ranks are ordinal data, so use an inverted axis with #1 at the top and ticks at #1, #5, #10, #15, and label the final position at the line end.
How an expert would brief the stronger version of “Podcast rank chart”.
See it
Try it as a puzzle →Category-rank trend on a podcast analytics dashboard for an independent show.
Why: The numbers plotted are chart positions, so #2 means 'second place', not two of something, and should read as better than #14.
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