What is False Base Line?
4 years ago
Business Statistics
While making the graph the vertical scale (y-axis) must start from zero origin. But in some cases adjustment of scale is not possible on (y-axis) starting with zero since the values are big. If the vertical scale begins with zero, the curve will be concentrated mostly on the top of the graph paper.
In such cases that portion of the scale from zero to the minimum value of items to be depicted is omitted. This fact is indicated in the graph paper itself either by drawing a double saw tooth lines in the empty space or by a cut in y-axis. This is known as using false base line. It is drawn in this way to show that Y axis is lost in between.
Surya Bikram Bhandari
Nov 14, 2021