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December 15, 2015 08:46 am PST
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Sometimes, starting the Y-axis at zero is the BEST way to lie with statistics
If you've read Darell Huff's seminal 1954 book How to Lie With Statistics, you've learned an important rule of thumb: any chart whose Y-axis doesn't start at zero is cause for suspicion, if not alarm. (more…)
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