Data Visualization and Misrepresentation

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Published 2019-01-31
Data visualization is present in every aspect of our lives - but is it really as unbiased as it’s said to be? In this SciToons video, learn more about how data visualizations can misrepresent information. From politics to medicine, the stories told by data visualizations can bend the truth through techniques such as cherry picking, axis truncation, and pie charts that add up to over 100%.

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  • @djlystics
    LOVE LOVE LOVE this video! really makes me wonder how much data visualization is manipulated. I will be looking at drug trial testing and bar graphs using y-access beginning at a higher number in a totally different way now.