Thursday, September 9, 2010

Global Warming Will Kill Us All!!!! or: Global Warming Will Killl Us All???

Looking at the hourly weather forecast tonight, I saw this terrifying graph:

Turns out, it was just the choice in y-axis values....

1 comment:

  1. Ha! That's why our Patron Saint Stephen Few says to make sure you use consistent values as to not mislead your audience. Another way to lie with statistics.

    Here's the quiz: http://www.perceptualedge.com/files/GraphDesignIQ.html

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