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How charts lie : getting smarter about visual information / Alberto Cairo.

By: Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2019]Edition: First editionDescription: xii, 226 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781324001560
  • 1324001569
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • T385 .C35 2019
Contents:
Prologue: A world brimming with charts -- How charts work -- Charts that lie by being poorly designed -- Charts that lie by displaying dubious data -- Charts that lie bye displaying insufficient data -- Charts that lie by conceealing or confusing uncertainty -- Charts that lie by suggesting misleading patterns.
Summary: A leading data visualization expert explores the negative and positive influences that charts have on our perception of truth.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks T385 .C35 2019 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001496230

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-209) and index.

Prologue: A world brimming with charts -- How charts work -- Charts that lie by being poorly designed -- Charts that lie by displaying dubious data -- Charts that lie bye displaying insufficient data -- Charts that lie by conceealing or confusing uncertainty -- Charts that lie by suggesting misleading patterns.

A leading data visualization expert explores the negative and positive influences that charts have on our perception of truth.

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