In @SusanCS's latest Blog article, she dives into the in's and out's of Data visualizations & charting using Covid-19 data.
We’ve all got that one Facebook friend who posts charts that make you cringe: the ever-popular 3-D pie chart, the questionable bar chart with no source, the scatter plot “proving” that X causes Y.
Unfortunately, the coronavirus pandemic provides new material for the same data visualization problems that have always existed. In a time of uncertainty and fear, poorly designed visualizations can spread misinformation and provoke even more emotion.
Read the article in it's entirety here: A Good Honest Chart: Coronavirus Data Visualizations and How Charts Lie
Right now, people everywhere are getting blasted with charts and visualizations with COVID-19 data, predictions, etc. In Susan's article, she walks through a few examples on how it's being done well -- and I'm interested in hearing from our community members. After all, "Just having a chart lends you authority and credibility. That’s a power to wield carefully."
What Coronavirus data visualizations are you seeing out there in the world (both good and bad) and how do you approach determining what is accurate vs. misleading?
