COVID-19 and how charts lie

Interview with Alberto Cairo

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We also discuss the following points:

• How tables compare to charts in terms of “lying”
• How to strike the best balance between showing the details and overwhelming the audience
• What behaviours or habits should we develop to improve our visualizations

References:

References:

Michael Friendly's Golden Age of Visualization paper

Eurostat's Power from Statistics about uncertainty,
The story about the "New Golden Age"

Tools:

DataWrapper

Flourish

iNZight

Books:

Show Me the Numbers

Storytelling Data Visualization Business Professionals

Truthful Art Data Charts Communication

Elements Graphing Data William Cleveland

Visual Display Quantitative Information

Exploratory Data Analysis John Tukey

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