How Charts Lie: Getting Smarter about Visual Information

How Charts Lie: Getting Smarter about Visual Information

by Alberto Cairo
How Charts Lie: Getting Smarter about Visual Information

How Charts Lie: Getting Smarter about Visual Information

by Alberto Cairo

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Overview

A leading data visualization expert explores the negative—and positive—influences that charts have on our perception of truth.

Today, public conversations are increasingly driven by numbers. While charts, infographics, and diagrams can make us smarter, they can also deceive—intentionally or unintentionally. To be informed citizens, we must all be able to decode and use the visual information that politicians, journalists, and even our employers present us with each day. Demystifying an essential new literacy for our data-driven world, How Charts Lie examines contemporary examples ranging from election result infographics to global GDP maps and box office record charts, as well as an updated afterword on the graphics of the COVID-19 pandemic.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780393358421
Publisher: Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date: 10/13/2020
Pages: 256
Sales rank: 1,071,052
Product dimensions: 8.10(w) x 5.40(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Alberto Cairo is the Knight Chair in Infographics and Data Visualization at the School of Communication of the University of Miami. He has consulted with companies and institutions such as Google and the Congressional Budget Office on visualizations. He lives in Miami, Florida.

Table of Contents

Prologue: A World Brimming with Charts xiii

Introduction 1

Chapter 1 How Charts Work 21

Chapter 2 Charts That Lie by Being Poorly Designed 53

Chapter 3 Charts That Lie by Displaying Dubious Data 81

Chapter 4 Charts That Lie by Displaying Insufficient Data 107

Chapter 5 Charts That Lie by Concealing or Confusing Uncertainty 135

Chapter 6 Charts That Lie by Suggesting Misleading Patterns 153

Conclusion: Don't Lie to Yourself (or to Others) with Charts 175

Afterword 195

Acknowledgments 203

Notes 205

Bibliography 215

Further Reading 219

Index 223

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