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How Charts Lie: Getting Smarter about Visual Information

Contributor(s): Cairo, Alberto (Author)

ISBN: 9781324001560

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

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Pub Date: October 15, 2019

Dewey: 302.226

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Price on Product

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 1.00" H x 9.40" L x 6.40" W ( 1.05 lbs) 256 pages

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

Brief description: Alberto Cairo is the Knight Chair in Infographics and Data Visualization at the School of Communication of the University of Miami. He has consulted with companies and institutions such as Google and the Congressional Budget Office on visualizations. He lives in Miami, Florida.

Review Quotes: This book offers a succinct, elegant, accessible look at the ways data can be represented or misrepresented and is a perfect primer for anyone who cares about the difference. I loved this book!--Charles Wheelan, author of Naked Statistics

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