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As has been repeatedly demonstrated, people much more accurately percieve differences in **position**. So, to better leverage the visual perception system, one can _separate_ the groups within a stacked bar chart to more easily assess fluctuations _within_ each group.`","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"ojs","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined","output":"$undefined","database":"$undefined"},{"id":211,"value":"viewof stack = radio({\n title: 'Choose Stacking',\n options: [\n { label: 'Stacked', value: \"stacked\" },\n { label: 'Separated', value: \"separated\" }, \n { label: 'Percentage', value: \"percentage\" }\n ],\n value: \"stacked\"\n})","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"ojs","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined","output":"$undefined","database":"$undefined"},{"id":286,"value":"md`New COVID 19 Cases Per day (top 10 states)`","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"ojs","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined","output":"$undefined","database":"$undefined"},{"id":79,"value":"$2d","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"ojs","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined","output":"$undefined","database":"$undefined"},{"id":397,"value":"md`If you want to use this _separated_ method with your own stacked bar chart, all you need to do is pass the following function to the \\`d3.stack().offset(*function-goes-here*)\\` method:`","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"ojs","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined","output":"$undefined","database":"$undefined"},{"id":86,"value":"// Function to offset each layer by the maximum of the previous layer\nfunction offset(series, order) {\n if (!((n = series.length) > 1)) return;\n // Standard series\n for (var i = 1, s0, s1 = series[order[0]], n, m = s1.length; i < n; ++i) {\n (s0 = s1), (s1 = series[order[i]]);\n let base = d3.max(s0, d => d[1]); // here is where you calculate the maximum of the previous layer\n for (var j = 0; j < m; ++j) {\n // Set the height based on the data values, shifted up by the previous layer\n let diff = s1[j][1] - s1[j][0];\n s1[j][0] = base;\n s1[j][1] = base + diff;\n }\n }\n}","pinned":true,"hidden":false,"mode":"ojs","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined","output":"$undefined","database":"$undefined"},{"id":409,"value":"md`For example, in the next cell, the variable \\`series\\` is created by using the \\`offset\\` function above:`","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"ojs","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined","output":"$undefined","database":"$undefined"},{"id":84,"value":"series = d3\n .stack()\n .offset(stacks[stack]) // *this is how you apply the custom function*\n .keys(top_10_states)(by_date)\n .map(d => {\n return d.forEach(v => (v.key = d.key)), d;\n })","pinned":true,"hidden":false,"mode":"ojs","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined","output":"$undefined","database":"$undefined"},{"id":14,"value":"md`## Data Formatting`","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"ojs","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined","output":"$undefined","database":"$undefined"},{"id":425,"value":"md`It turns out that the data formatting for a stacked bar chart can be difficult to construct, so I've described it a bit here. Nothing below is specific to the separated layout -- it's just a chance to describe the process.`","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"ojs","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined","output":"$undefined","database":"$undefined"},{"id":435,"value":"md`First, you can use \\`d3.csv()\\` to load the data directly from the NYT GitHub Page:`","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"ojs","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined","output":"$undefined","database":"$undefined"},{"id":20,"value":"// Load the data with `d3.csv()`\nraw_data = d3.csv(\n \"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nytimes/covid-19-data/master/us-states.csv\"\n)","pinned":true,"hidden":false,"mode":"ojs","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined","output":"$undefined","database":"$undefined"},{"id":439,"value":"md`The NYT data reports the _cumulative_ number of cases, so we need a way to calculate the number of _new_ cases per day. 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