Category Archives: Visualcy
Should the Pie Chart Be Retired?
The ability to create and interpret visual representations has been an important part of the human experience since we began drawing on cave walls at Chauvet. Today, that ability—what I call visualcy—has even greater importance. We use visuals to discover … Continue reading
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Tragic Graphic: The Wall Street Journal Lies with Statistics?
Believe it or not, the Wall Street Journal provides another example of an inaccurate circular graph. This time the error so closely parallels an example from Darrell Huff’s classic How to Lie with Statistics that I find myself wondering—intentional deception … Continue reading
Tragic Graphic: The New York Times Checks Facts, Not Math
Over my morning coffee, I found myself staring at this bulldog graph in the New York Times Magazine (12/11/11). Something was wrong. At first I couldn’t put my finger on it. Then it hit me—the relative size of the two … Continue reading
