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@EricPUsher Why would you connect points on your graph like that? How is the Chinese investment connected to the US and why would they be made into a graph of this type? #badgraphs
@DrDemography @MarkusMannheim Yes, but the real story is the disaster of a graph in The Canberra Times!
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Very pleased to see that the UKs very first TV advert in 1955 (for Gibbs SR toothpaste), had dodgy graphs with this barchart with no labelled axes. Would love to say we learnt something in 70 years but no... #badgraphs https://t.co/jrBCCPJ34T
Love this. There’s a glancing reference to data quality in my #BadGraphs talk but not enough time to go into detail — this perfectly illustrates why it’s important!
Chihuahua syndrome: messy data from variations in spelling or input.
The name The chihuahua syndrome is from @EdwardTufte in his new book Seeing with Fresh Eyes, based on an anecdote from Chris Groskopf @onxyfish
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Why the rich get richer…
And thank you to everyone who came to my #BadGraphs session, participated, and laughed at my jokes. I hope it was helpful! The handout is linked from the session page on the #Editors23 website; I’m also happy to send you a copy.
How NOT to pie chart (found online)
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"Sir should we keep the gap between the bars as 2, 5 or 10 years?"
"Yes"
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Mission: 100% Electrification
Was looking for class material for international finance and came across this. Would be fun to teach a class on #badgraphs https://t.co/TZwZ1rcsC4
In the category of Worst Graph of the Year...
What do you notice? What do you wonder?
@stlouisfed - please take this down. RT if you agree.
https://t.co/fLqqS3uT5F
#BadGraphs #HowToLieWithStatistics #ITeachMath #MathForSocialJustice
Here's another for the #BadGraphs collection. The values on the axes are too small to read, and they need to make it abundantly clear that they're plotting 'log' values (rather than actual values or percent change).
Here's one for the #badgraphs collection. (Can my savvy followers point out the problems? They're a bit subtle at first glance, which makes the graph misleading.)...
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