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Misleading Graphs

Misleading Graphs. Know the dirty tricks so you won’t be deceived. There’s an entire blog!. www.forbes.com/sites/naomirobbins She even had a “Bad Graph Contest” http://www.forbes.com/sites/naomirobbins/2012/05/30/winner-of-the-bad-graph-contest-announced-2/ . Manipulate the Vertical Axis.

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Misleading Graphs

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  1. Misleading Graphs Know the dirty tricks so you won’t be deceived

  2. There’s an entire blog! • www.forbes.com/sites/naomirobbins • She even had a “Bad Graph Contest” http://www.forbes.com/sites/naomirobbins/2012/05/30/winner-of-the-bad-graph-contest-announced-2/

  3. Manipulate the Vertical Axis Original Vertical axis chopped Magnify differences Distort proportionality

  4. Manipulate the vertical axis Original Vertical axis extended Everybody seems shorter Tax the rich, spread the poverty

  5. Manipulate the Data Selection Original Chopped off some years Choose a beginning year to make it look like there’s been astounding growth. Or to make it look like there’s been little growth.

  6. Manipulate the Horizontal Axis Original Stretch or compress Make slopes (rates of change) look steeper (compress the axis) or more gradual (stretch the axis)

  7. Graphic Arts Overkill • 3-D perspectives that distort plain meaning

  8. More web references • http://grandgraphs.tumblr.com/ • http://flowingdata.com/ • http://flowingdata.com/2012/05/23/venn-pie-agrams/ • http://flowingdata.com/2012/06/25/chart-chooser-helps-you-choose-charts/

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