MISLEADING-CHARTS5 MIN READ
Run the four-step lie-factor audit
Apply Tufte's lie-factor logic as a quick audit before sharing a chart.
Use this four-step flow before a chart leaves your team. Lie-factor audit flow Data change Write the actual delta first ground Visual change Estimate what the graphic makes it feel like impression Distortion mechanism Axis, area, aspect, dual scale, omission cause Repair Choose the view that supports the accurate remembered claim truthful view Viewer impression Risk mechanism Repair move Which step most directly connects Tufte's lie factor to Cairo's reader-belief test?
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