Comments on: Fatal Design! http://supportanalytics.com/blog/2007/09/fatal-design/ Support Analytics Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:20:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: DSA http://supportanalytics.com/blog/2007/09/fatal-design/#comment-1862 DSA Thu, 01 May 2008 18:13:08 +0000 http://supportanalytics.com/blog/2007/09/fatal-design/#comment-1862 You have some great examples of poorly designed charts that I nearly laughed out loud at. Thank you for sharing! You have some great examples of poorly designed charts that I nearly laughed out loud at. Thank you for sharing!

]]> By: GaryKlass http://supportanalytics.com/blog/2007/09/fatal-design/#comment-1861 GaryKlass Thu, 01 May 2008 17:05:32 +0000 http://supportanalytics.com/blog/2007/09/fatal-design/#comment-1861 Here's another example of a poorly stacked chart: http://lilt.ilstu.edu/jpda/charts/bad_charts1.htm#Petraeus_testimony Here’s another example of a poorly stacked chart:
http://lilt.ilstu.edu/jpda/charts/bad_charts1.htm#Petraeus_testimony

]]> By: DSA http://supportanalytics.com/blog/2007/09/fatal-design/#comment-1586 DSA Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:40:39 +0000 http://supportanalytics.com/blog/2007/09/fatal-design/#comment-1586 Dave - Excellent point on the missing data! You are probably right, in that they chose to omit in-between ranges to sell their message better. I guess we may never know. In my opinion, missing data is one of the top ways to lie with statistics or data visualization. Thanks for sharing! Dave - Excellent point on the missing data! You are probably right, in that they chose to omit in-between ranges to sell their message better. I guess we may never know.

In my opinion, missing data is one of the top ways to lie with statistics or data visualization.

Thanks for sharing!

]]> By: Dave Katz http://supportanalytics.com/blog/2007/09/fatal-design/#comment-1584 Dave Katz Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:26:58 +0000 http://supportanalytics.com/blog/2007/09/fatal-design/#comment-1584 But if they took away the pretty background graphic, then readers might notice that there is no data for drivers age 17-29 or 61-84. And then they might begin to wonder if the chart designers were cherry-picking data to tell a particular story. And that wouldn't do at all ; ). But if they took away the pretty background graphic, then readers might notice that there is no data for drivers age 17-29 or 61-84. And then they might begin to wonder if the chart designers were cherry-picking data to tell a particular story.

And that wouldn’t do at all ; ).

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