Cairo, Alberto, 1974-

How charts lie : getting smarter about visual information / Alberto Cairo. - First edition. - New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2019] - xii, 226 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-209) and index.

Prologue: A world brimming with charts -- How charts work -- Charts that lie by being poorly designed -- Charts that lie by displaying dubious data -- Charts that lie bye displaying insufficient data -- Charts that lie by conceealing or confusing uncertainty -- Charts that lie by suggesting misleading patterns.

A leading data visualization expert explores the negative and positive influences that charts have on our perception of truth.

9781324001560 1324001569


Visual communication.
Information visualization.
Charts, diagrams, etc.

T385 / .C35 2019