I'd appreciate citations to use of this form of graph in reliable related research that isn't clear propaganda. The graph clearly shows at a glance that the vas

I'd appreciate citations to use of this form of graph in reliable related research that isn't clear propaganda. The graph clearly shows at a glance that the vast majority of debtors have a very small level of debt. The large font title of the chart "Percentage of Students with Different Levels of Debt" is misleading. The term cumulative appears in much smaller print at the bottom. Only careful thought reveals to most readers that the left most category is not that level of debt 0-$10,000 that its measure of 64% of students have, but it is that level of debt and all levels above it, (including $100,000, $1 million, etc) summed. The actual percentage of degree holders with 0-$10,000 debt, 64%-51% = 13%, is not shown directly at all. 13% is an extremely different number from 64% and can only be extrapolated from the chart by readers familiar with set theory.