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How charts lie : getting smarter about visual information /

By: Cairo, Alberto, 1974- [author.].
Publisher: New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2019Description: xii, 226 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm.Content type: text | still image | cartographic image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781324001560; 9781324001560:.Subject(s): Computer graphics | Charts, diagrams, etc -- Design | Information visualization | Social mediaDDC classification: 001.4226028566
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 -- Don't lie to yourself (or to others) with charts.
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Standard Loan Standard Loan ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection 001.4226028566 CAI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0082648
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Standard Loan Standard Loan ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection 001.4226028566 CAI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 3 Lost Checked out 14/02/2023 0082649
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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 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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