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dark_o3 OP t1_izfoeja wrote

The purpose of the infographic is to show some common examples on how charts can be misleading and on what should readers pay attention to.

Yes, there are cases where this is appropriate but more commonly it is just bad design OR (and this is my main point I want to address) sometimes charts are designed like this on purpose in order to mislead users deliberately.

Common population does not possess statistical literacy to read and interpret numbers accurately. Politicians, for example, love to abuse that by showing charts like these. I wanted to present how they commonly do it.

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MamboPoa123 t1_izj0j6k wrote

Would be useful to highlight where the difference is - I knew where to look from the titles but someone else might find it confusing. I'd also consider using colors or stronger dividers, something to show the different vertical sections.

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