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This is neither new nor surprising. I recommend the little book "How to lie with statistics" by Darrell Huff, first published 1954. Chapter 5, called "The Gee-W
by smartmic 6y ago
This is neither new nor surprising. I recommend the little book "How to lie with statistics" by Darrell Huff, first published 1954. Chapter 5, called "The Gee-Whiz Graph" dives into the matter of truncated bar graphs (among others).
- hanche 6y agoAbsolutely! I am happy to note that the paper does in fact reference How to lie with statistics in the introduction: > While discussions of misleading graphs are not new (e.g., Huff, 1954), empirical research on their assumed consequences is scattered across fields. So on the surface, at least, this looks like just another paper belabouring the obvious.