Dana-Farber Data Science Podcast
Alberto Cairo, PhD - Data Visualization Literacy
May 13, 2022·42 min·4 clips
A climate change denier's chart hides dangerous temperature rises.
As heard by us
Charts can be accurate and still lead viewers to the wrong conclusion.
Alberto Cairo treats data visualization as a question of literacy and purpose, not decoration. He shows how charts can mislead when scale is handled carelessly, and why a graphic should be judged by what it is meant to show.
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Learn why a chart can be accurate and still badly mislead.
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