Dellanave » Chartfail http://www.dellanave.com/blog Tue, 29 Nov 2011 02:45:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 TechCrunch is a Bastion of Editorial Quality http://www.dellanave.com/blog/2010/04/05/techcrunch-is-a-bastion-of-editorial-quality/ http://www.dellanave.com/blog/2010/04/05/techcrunch-is-a-bastion-of-editorial-quality/#comments Mon, 05 Apr 2010 17:29:09 +0000 david http://www.dellanave.com/blog/?p=449 Don’t get me wrong, I love TechCrunch. Often times though, the quality leaves something to be desired. Like the other day when Leena Rao spelled Duluth, Minnesota: Deluth. Multiple times. Never corrected it.

Today they posted an epic Chartfail:

50 what? 12.5 what?

Wait what is this?

Also, a sample of 5 days?

Seriously?

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Tufte hates you

]]> http://www.dellanave.com/blog/2009/09/03/inverted-right-hand-percentage-axis-why-not/feed/ 0 First Chartfail Post http://www.dellanave.com/blog/2008/11/25/178/ http://www.dellanave.com/blog/2008/11/25/178/#comments Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:46:54 +0000 david http://www.dellanave.com/blog/?p=178 I dunno why but I get a laugh out of charts that make it harder, not easier to understand the data. Expect to see more.

Source: Migrating to Riches? Evidence from the California Gold Rush, Karen Clay & Randall Jones. Journal of Economic History

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