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Four Lying Data Visuals That Will Make You Cringe (And How To Fix Them With Python)

Four Lying Data Visuals That Will Make You Cringe (And How To Fix Them With Python)

Identifying and correcting deceitful data visualizations using Python

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John Loewen
May 26, 2025
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Nowadays, we live in a world where many decisions are made by how data is visualized. In this context, the most dangerous charts are the ones that look legitimate but are rigged to tilt your perception.

As the godfather of data visualization, Edward Tufte notes:

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