Dual axes: a favorite of tricksters
Kaiser comes across a quintessential example of using dual axes with intent to mislead.
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The media has nine lives
Kaiser checks the charts. How is omicron mild?
Vaccine researchers discard the start-at-zero rule
Kaiser revisits the practice of manipulating the vertical axis of a column chart.
Let's not mix these polarized voters as the medians run away from one another
In-depth look at Washington Post's fantastic feature on median U.S. voters
Another simple Excel chart needs help
Kaiser Fung, founder of Principal Analytics Prep and Junk Charts, takes apart an Elon Musk chart, created using some Excel defaults.
Making people jump over hoops
Kaiser Fung, founder of Principal Analytics Prep and Junk Charts, comments on a WSJ chart about how banks pay their brokers