To me it seems that your interpretation completely disregards the Y-axis. On the other hand, I wouldn't think the colour coding does a good job in separating along the carnivorous-vegetarian-vegan scale.
It's not that they are separated on the chart, but that they are comparable (on both axes), that impressed me.
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To me it seems that your interpretation completely disregards the Y-axis. On the other hand, I wouldn't think the colour coding does a good job in separating along the carnivorous-vegetarian-vegan scale.
It's not that they are separated on the chart, but that they are comparable (on both axes), that impressed me.