Exercise

Useful double axes

Double x and y-axes are a contentious topic in data visualization. We'll revisit that discussion at the end of chapter 4. Here, I want to review a great use case where double axes actually do add value to a plot.

Our goal plot is displayed in the viewer. The two axes are the raw temperature values on a Fahrenheit scale and the transformed values on a Celsius scale.

You can imagine a similar scenario for Log-transformed and original values, miles and kilometers, or pounds and kilograms. A scale that is unintuitive for many people can be made easier by adding a transformation as a double axis.

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Begin with a standard line plot, of Temp described by Date in the airquality dataset.