HOW CHARTS LIE
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New book HOW CHARTS LIE We’ve all heard that a picture is worth a thousand words, but what if we don’t understand what we’re looking at? See a few corrections to the rst print edition of the book in my weblog Charts, infographics, and diagrams are ubiquitous. They are useful because they can reveal patterns and trends hidden behind the numbers we encounter in our lives. Good charts make us smarter—if we know how to read them. However, they can also deceive us. Charts lie in a variety of ways—displaying incomplete or inaccurate data, suggesting misleading patterns, and concealing uncertainty— or are frequently misunderstood. Many of us are ill-equipped to interpret the visuals that politicians, journalists, advertisers, and even our employers present each day.
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HOWCHARTSLIEWe’veallheardthatapictureisworthathousandwords,butwhatifwedon’tunderstandwhatwe’relookingat?
Seeafewcorrectionstothe�rstprinteditionofthebookinmyweblog
Charts,infographics,anddiagramsareubiquitous.Theyareusefulbecausetheycanrevealpatternsandtrendshiddenbehindthenumbersweencounterinourlives.Goodchartsmakeussmarter—ifweknowhowtoreadthem.
However,theycanalsodeceiveus.Chartslieinavarietyofways—displayingincompleteorinaccuratedata,suggestingmisleadingpatterns,andconcealinguncertainty—orarefrequentlymisunderstood.Manyofusareill-equippedtointerpretthevisualsthatpoliticians,journalists,advertisers,andevenouremployerspresenteachday.
‘HowChartsLie’teachesustonotonlyspottheliesindeceptivevisuals,butalsototakeadvantageofgoodones.Inhisnewbook,AlbertoCairodemysti�esanessentialnewliteracy,onethatwillmakeusbetterequippedtonavigateourdata-drivenworld.
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WhatcanIsay?I'masuckerforstatisticsexplainedinfunny,engaging,andmathematicallycorrectways,especiallywheneverynowandthenalinelike"chartslietousbecausewearepronetolyingtoourselves"isthrowninwithgoodhumor.Amustreadforanyonewhowantstostayinformed.
CathyO'NeilauthorofWeaponsofMathDestruction
Iwishwelivedinaworldwhereyoudidn’tneedtoreadAlbertoCairo’sHowChartsLie,arobustguidetoself-defenseagainstgraphsandfiguresdesignedtomislead.Buthereweare,andyes,youdo.
JordanEllenbergauthorofHowNottoBeWrong:ThePowerofMathematicalThinking
Thisbookoffersasuccinct,elegant,accessiblelookatthewaysdatacanberepresentedormisrepresentedandisaperfectprimerforanyonewhocaresaboutthedifference.
CharlesWheelanauthorofNakedStatistics:StrippingtheDreadfromtheData
AlbertoCairohaswrittenawise,wittyandutterlybeautifulbook.Youcouldn'thopeforabetterteachertoimproveyourgraphicalliteracy.
TimHarfordauthorofTheUndercoverEconomistandpresenterofMoreorLessintheBBC
ABOUTALBERTOCAIROAlbertoCairoisajournalistanddesigner,andtheKnightChairinVisualJournalismattheSchoolofCommunicationoftheUniversityofMiami(UM).HeisalsothedirectorofthevisualizationprogramatUM’sCenterforComputationalScience.HehasbeenheadofinformationgraphicsatmediapublicationsinSpainandBrazil.
Theauthorofseveraltextbooks,CairocurrentlyconsultswithcompaniesandinstitutionslikeGoogleandtheCongressionalBudgetOf�ce,andhasprovidedvisualizationtrainingtotheEuropeanUnion,Eurostat,theCentersforDiseaseControlandPrevention,theArmyNationalGuard,andmanyothers.HelivesinMiami,Florida.
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OCT 28 / 2019 / South Hadley, MAMountHolyokeCollege. ‘HowChartsLie’publictalk. Moreinformation
NOV 04 – 05 / 2019 / Girona, SPAIN FundaciónPrincesa. Moreinformation
NOV 07 – 08 / 2019 / Mexico City, MEXICOCENTRO,SchoolofDesign– CENTROConference. ‘HowChartsLie’publictalk. Moreinformation
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NOV 20 / 2019 / Madrid, SPAINBigThings2019.MoreInformation
NOV 27 – 28 / 2019 / Copenhagen, DENMARKUniversityofCopenhagen. Moreinformation
DEC 3 / 2019 / Miami, FLPublictalkattheMiamiDataScienceMeetup.Moreinformation
DEC 11 / 2019 / Miami, FLVizUM,theUniversityofMiamiannualvisualizationsymposium.Freeattendance.Moreinformation
JAN 24-25 / 2020 / Mexico City, MEXICOWorkshopforprofessionals.Signuphere
FEB 20 – 22 / 2020 / Savannah, GAGeorgiaSouthernUniversity– GeorgiaInternationalConferenceonInformationLiteracy
MAR 05 – 08 / 2020 / New Orleans, LA IRE-NICAR. Moreinformation
MAR 26 – 27 / 2020 / Pamplona, SPAINMalofiejInternationalInfographicsSummit.Moreinformationcomingsoon
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AlbertoCairoprovidesvisualizationdesign,trainingandconsultingservices
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AlbertoCairohasdesignedvisualizationsfornumerousclients.Since2016,heistheartdirectorofanongoingseriesofvisualizationprojectscreatedforGooglebyartistsfromallovertheworld.
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Consultingandtraining
CairohasprovidedtrainingtoinstitutionssuchastheNationalGuard,theCongressionalBudgetOf�ce,theEuropeanUnion,andtheCentersforDiseaseControlandPrevention.
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BothMicrosoftandGooglehavepro�ledAlbertoCairo.Microsoftwrotethathe’salwaysbeen“atthevanguardofvisualjournalism”
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AlbertoCairohasbeenatremendoushelp.Hehostedseveralon-siteseminarsteachingthefundamentalsofdatavisualization.Incorporatingourowndraftwork,hehelpedparticipantsputtheseminarsincontext.AlbertoCairoisbothhighlyeffectiveandpassionateaboutvisualdesign.
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