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MISLEADING-CHARTS4 MIN READ

Commit to a 48-hour chart audit habit

Commit to applying a specific misleading-chart audit in a real work situation.

Run a claim-scale-context audit on one chart you will share in the next 48 hours. Use this for a real chart in a deck, dashboard, report, or stakeholder update where a misleading visual could shape a decision. Before I share [chart], I will write the viewer's likely claim, check baseline/axis/context, and make one repair or caveat: [repair]. In 2 days, check whether you audited one chart, what risk you found, and what repair or caveat you added. A KPI bar chart in a leadership deck where the y-axis starts above zero. A dual-axis chart comparing two business metrics with different…

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