7 traps of deceiving data visualisation

Don't let your Viz mislead you

19 March

2018

Maarten

Lambrechts

DataBeers

Brussels

Don't do 3D

I

Save the pies for dessert

II

Don't cut bars

III

Explode your box plots

Show the data

IV

Don't double the axes

V

#EndRainbow

VI

Every map is a lie

VII

Avoid Mercator world maps

1. Don't do 3D

2. Save pies for dessert

3. Don't cut bars

4. Explode your box plots, show all the data

5. Don't double the axes

6. #Endrainbow

7. No Mercator world maps

Thanks!

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