Avoiding Misleading Visualizations — Roadmap Step & Resources
Truncated axes, cherry-picked timeframes and other ways charts distort the truth
- Level: advanced
- Estimated time: 1 days
- Roadmap: Data Science
Before this step
Study resources
- How Charts Lie (Article) — A widely-referenced overview of common misleading chart techniques and how to avoid them.
- How Charts Lie Explained (Video) — A practical walkthrough of truncated axes, dual axes and other misleading techniques.
Part of
- Data Visualization & Storytelling — section
- Data Science roadmap — the full learning path