How charts lie : getting smarter about visual information / Alberto Cairo.
Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2019]Edition: First editionDescription: xii, 226 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781324001560
- 1324001569
- T385 .C35 2019
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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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