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Type “ineffective charts,” “ineffective graphs,” “unethical charts,” or some version thereof into Google Images. Find two or three differently-designed graphs and charts and discuss why the data visualizations are not effective.
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General Electric is showing European sales for years 2011-2020. It is 2019 – which means 2020 is a forecast. It should read 2016A, 2017A, 2018A, 2019F, 2020F.
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It looks like World Wide and US / Canada revenue per user is similar. Worldwide $2.97 is taller than US/Canada $10.49. Not good.
3.
This investor relations chart there is no axis label on the left. As a result, the 2015 results of 2,062 actually look 4x larger than 2010 results of 1,372. It is graphical trickery, and not good.