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What makes/defines a bad graph?
Two axes to consider:
Intentionally Misleading
Obscuring the available Information
Cases to consider (as selected by y'all):
Gun Deaths in FL: http://www.businessinsider.com/gun-deaths-in-florida-increased-with-stand-your-ground-2014-2
"Iraq's Bloody Toll": http://www.visualisingdata.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/IRAQ.jpg
Islamic Information: http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/islamic-sects-schools-branches-movements/
Space Race: http://worldhistorycoldwar.wikispaces.com/Space+Arms+Race+3
Automation on the Job: http://www.visualcapitalist.com/charting-automation-potential-of-u-s-jobs/
In an Internet Minute: http://www.excelacom.com/resources/blog/2016-update-what-happens-in-one-internet-minute
Supercomputers: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/Processor_families_in_TOP500_supercomputers.svg
Bonus Supercomputers: http://i.imgur.com/Eg62yra.png
That's a lot of Zuckerberg: http://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/how-to-give-away-45-billion/
Starbucks, McDs: http://www.shapingyouth.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/starbucks_mcdonalds.jpg
Gradients: http://abdulhamid.net/archives/642
Buildings: http://www.almrsal.com/post/74457/images-93eb3321f0
Many Spoked Wheel: https://syrianbridges.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/untitled.png
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Preselected Bad Graph Compilation: http://www.businessinsider.com/the-27-worst-charts-of-all-time-2013-6?op=1&IR=T
Science Bad Graphs: https://www.biostat.wisc.edu/~kbroman/topten_worstgraphs/
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Pics, not links.
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HOMEWORK:
1) READ THIS: https://medium.com/@kennelliott/39-studies-about-human-perception-in-30-minutes-4728f9e31a73#.432i9vvkk
2) GOOD GRAPH, BAD GRAPH? WHAT DO YOU THINK? LET ME KNOW.
You decide section:
Trust Levels of Media: http://www.journalism.org/2014/10/21/political-polarization-media-habits/pj_14-10-21_mediapolarization-01/
Chipotle?!: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/02/17/upshot/what-do-people-actually-order-at-chipotle.html?action=click&contentCollection=U.S.&module=MostEmailed&version=Full®ion=Marginalia&src=me&pgtype=article&abt=0002&abg=1
Mt. Mansfield: http://www.matthewparrilla.com/mansfield-stake/
Innovation That Matters: http://www.1776.vc/reports/innovation-that-matters-2016/
3) Bring computer to class if you've got it ...
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Interesting Links Section:
This is awesome: https://medium.com/@kennelliott/39-studies-about-human-perception-in-30-minutes-4728f9e31a73#.432i9vvkk
Maps! https://makingmaps.net/
Deceptive Visualizations: http://fellinlovewithdata.com/research/deceptive-visualizations
Approaching And Using Data Well: https://eagereyes.org/
Where I first Learned From: http://flowingdata.com/
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