This is a cute article about ways that people can lie with charts: (1) Puzzling perspective, (2) Swindling shapes, (3) Trendsetters are tricksters (implying a false correlation), (4) Hiding in plain sight, and (5) Changing the scale of the axis.
I'm a Professor of Mathematics and a University Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of North Texas. For eight years, I was co-director of Teach North Texas, UNT's program for preparing secondary teachers of mathematics and science.
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