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How charts lie : getting smarter about visual information / Alberto Cairo.
By: Cairo, Alberto [author.]
.Publisher: New York : W. W. Norton & Company, 2019Edition: First edition.Description: xii, 226 pages : illustrations.Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781324001560.Subject(s): Computer graphics | Charts, diagrams, etc | Information visualization | Visual communication | Social mediaDDC classification: 001.4226
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 by displaying insufficient data -- Charts that lie by concealing or confusing uncertainty -- Charts that lie by suggesting misleading patterns -- Conclusion: don't lie to yourself (or to others) with charts.
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| Book | House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey | 001.4226 CAI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | In transit from House of Lords Library - Palace to Millbank since 17/10/2023 | 018158 |
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| 001 WAR A dictionary of common fallacies / | 001.40942 KAN Ideas and think tanks in contemporary Britain. Vol. 2 / | 001.40942 KAN Ideas and think tanks in contemporary Britain. Vol. 1 / | 001.4226 CAI How charts lie : | 002 BAS Patience & fortitude : | 002 BAS A splendor of letters : the permanence of books in an impermanent world / | 002 FEA A dictionary of book history / |
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 by displaying insufficient data -- Charts that lie by concealing or confusing uncertainty -- Charts that lie by suggesting misleading patterns -- Conclusion: don't lie to yourself (or to others) with charts.