Data visualization is one of the most important tools we have to analyze data. But it’s just as easy to mislead as it is to educate using charts and graphs. In this article we’ll take a look at 3 of the most common ways in which visualizations can be misleading.
Data visualization is an amazing way to get a point across. That is, when you’re making infographics that aren’t
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Is it worth investing a few weeks of your life in Battlestar Galactica? What about Game of Thrones? Or Deadwood? Here’s a graphical tool that maps all the Internet Movie Database’s ratings for every episode of every TV series—a scientific method to pick the next show that is going to make you lose countless hours of sleep.
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Maps are great. Maps help us get where we need to go and can sometimes teach us things about the world we live in. But unfortunately, the internet has been infected by a scourge of stupid maps. And stupid maps are making us dumber.
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It’s been a snowy winter
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There are a ton of phones out there. A lot of options. That’s great, but it can also make for a tough decision. Which one is for you? We’ve got just the flowchart you need.
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Infographics might seem like a modern phenomenon—citizens of the internet love nothing more than a nice and tidy presentation of catchy stats—but data viz dates way, way back. In The Book of Trees: Visualizing Branches of Knowledge, interaction designer Manuel Lima examines a recurring theme: more than eight centuries’ worth of trees used as diagrams, and why botanical iconography has endured from those early days through to the digital revolution.
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People attribute a lot of annoying internet stuff to bots. Twitterbot followers, bots that sneak past spam filters, bots that send weird gibberish on messaging services. It sounds kind of tired, but maybe the situation is exactly as bad as everyone thinks.
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Since 2014 is only a few days away, design aesthetics probably won’t be stunningly different come the new year. So that’s all the more reason to make some predictions! Let’s do this.
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Items directly related to life and death should not go on sale. Sure, the price of any product can be affected by market conditions, but you just don’t want to be buying bungee jumping cords half off. You just don’t.
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