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[Closed] Bad charts and graphics?

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Give is a hand with this one. I need some examples of poor plots and charts of data. Things like 3d graphs where the 3rd d doesn't mean anything, or oil exports as barrels, when it's only the height that matters etc.
Links please.

This sort of thing
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Posted : 08/03/2013 9:29 pm
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Posted : 08/03/2013 9:34 pm
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Some examples on this [url= http://flowingdata.com/2013/03/01/this-pie-chart-is-amazing/ ]thread[/url]


 
Posted : 08/03/2013 9:46 pm
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Posted : 08/03/2013 9:47 pm
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this initially tricked me

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search "how to lie with statistics"


 
Posted : 08/03/2013 10:15 pm
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Posted : 08/03/2013 10:22 pm
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Posted : 08/03/2013 10:30 pm
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Stoner, that looks like an Excel version of this bike route:

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Posted : 08/03/2013 11:15 pm
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more like a weather report IMO 😉

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Posted : 09/03/2013 7:41 am
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How about the Gettysburg address as a Powerpoint presentation, with all men are equal reduced to a bullet point.
http://norvig.com/Gettysburg/.


 
Posted : 09/03/2013 8:31 am

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