To Ensure Graphical Integrity

Categories: Data Visualization
04th
  1. The representation of numbers, as physically measured on the surface of the graphic itself, should be directly proportional to the numerical quantities represented.
  2. Clear, detailed and thorough labeling should be used to defeat graphical distortion and ambiguity

Lie Factor =    size of effect shown in graphic
 __________size of effect in data

Notes from The Visual Display of Quantitative Information by Edward R. Tufte

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