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Butcher: which part of the leg do you want? Me: All of it, in five pieces please
Bar chart

Butcher: which part of the leg do you want? Me: All of it, in five pieces please

This ABC News chart seemed to have taken over the top of
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When to use the start-at-zero rule
start-at-zero rule

When to use the start-at-zero rule

Guide to a basic graphical rule
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Depicting imbalance, straying from the standard chart
Aggregation

Depicting imbalance, straying from the standard chart

My friend Tonny M. sent me a tip to two pretty nice
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Dot plots are under-valued, that's all
Bar chart

Dot plots are under-valued, that's all

Bar charts are over-used and over-rated. Just casually, I found this example
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Finding meaning in Big Blue California
Area chart

Finding meaning in Big Blue California

Via Twitter, Pat complained that this Bloomberg graphic is confusing: The accompanying
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Nice title but dubious message
Axis

Nice title but dubious message

I like to uaeuse declarative titles for charts. This chart below, found
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