Misleading Graphs Misleading Data Visualization Examples. It also doesn t help that many of the examples pointed out were deliberately misleading or. Data visualizations can be essential tools for exploring and communicating complicated information or they can obfuscate distort or misrepresent data.
Well labeled axes and a simple standout title all make for a good graph. At first glance the visual dynamics of the graph suggest people on welfare to number four times as many as people with jobs. It also doesn t help that many of the examples pointed out were deliberately misleading or.
Some media mislead because of their incompetence in statistics while others intentionally manipulate the data to paint a better picture of their country.
Numbers not adding up correctly especially in pie charts. Check the difference in the below pie charts the first pie chart in the left side is misleading the data as the sizes of the pieces 10 million unknowns 50 million aeg 85 million maloofs and 265 million city are not correctly represented. Here is my version. Some media mislead because of their incompetence in statistics while others intentionally manipulate the data to paint a better picture of their country.
