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MISLEADING-CHARTS4 MIN READ

Find the axis trick in the pipeline slide

Identify the specific chart region that creates truncation-based exaggeration.

The bars look severe. The axis start is the clue. Find the part of the chart that most likely inflates the perceived pipeline drop. The cropped lower y-axis baseline under the bars Correct. A bar chart with a hidden or raised baseline turns a modest value change into a large visible length change. The bold headline area above the chart The headline can prime the reader, but the main distortion here is geometric: the bars do not visually encode total magnitude from a stable baseline. The legend area on the right side Legend clarity matters, but it is not what…

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