{"id":674,"date":"2017-12-29T13:04:05","date_gmt":"2017-12-29T18:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/geophysics\/?page_id=674"},"modified":"2023-06-02T13:35:38","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T17:35:38","slug":"evil-plots","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/geophysics\/teaching\/evil-plots\/","title":{"rendered":"Evil Plots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Class Description<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Computer technology and the internet have produced a glut of digital information that can\u2019t be communicated without using charts and graphs. But like all forms of human communication, graphs can fib a little or lie outright. \u00a0There are three basic ways data visualizations can go wrong: (1) The plot can be evil, designed to persuade or mislead rather than inform; (2) the data set may be suspect (too small, biased, or full of errors), or (3) even if the plot and data are okay, they may not support the claims being made. \u00a0In this class, we will explore the representation and misrepresentation of data, learn the questions to ask about data quality, and how to spot bullshit in the digital age. \u00a0Examples will be drawn from science, politics, marketing, business and more. \u00a0Protect yourself by learning to spot evil plots!<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/geophysics\/files\/2017\/12\/Extrapolation.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-675\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/geophysics\/files\/2017\/12\/Extrapolation.png\" alt=\"Extrapolation is suspect\" width=\"461\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/geophysics\/files\/2017\/12\/Extrapolation.png 461w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/geophysics\/files\/2017\/12\/Extrapolation-300x192.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Class Description Computer technology and the internet have produced a glut of digital information that can\u2019t be communicated without using charts and graphs. But like all forms of human communication, graphs can fib a little or lie outright. \u00a0There are &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/geophysics\/teaching\/evil-plots\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":606,"featured_media":0,"parent":21,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-674","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/geophysics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/geophysics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/geophysics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/geophysics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/606"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/geophysics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=674"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/geophysics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1127,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/geophysics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/674\/revisions\/1127"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/geophysics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/geophysics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}