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47: Charts Can Lie, But Here’s How You Remain Vigilant - Featuring Alberto Cairo

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How to Use Map Projections to Improve Your Visualization

You may think you're safe from rating misleading charts because you're not a malicious person, but there are many mistakes that we need to be aware of. A map projection is a transformation of a geographical location expressed in lat long on acontinuo curved surface. And finally, we don't have a choice to just toss charts aside because some are misleading. We need to commit to educating ourselves on the pitfalls and be responsible and attentive when consuming charts. You can pre order a bete's book on amazon or barnes and noble and other places.

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