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aw3c2 on Aug 9, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: The effect of typefaces on credibility

Those columns graphs were very misleading to me. Here is some adjusted image showing the whole image for easier grasping of the dimensions: http://i.imgur.com/QS8PA.jpg (I am not 100% my math is correct but a quick calculation in my head says the dimensions seem correct)

buss on Aug 9, 2012 | [–]

The followup to this article will be about how unlabeled graphs convince people of dubious findings.

asolove on Aug 9, 2012 | [–]

Thank you for this. There's a reason why any formal discussion of graphics mentions that the numerical axis of bar graphs must start at 0.

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