Module 3: Fix it or break it!¶

In this assignment, you choose to be either a good 😇 or a bad 😈 person. Follow the instruction below and submit your paper to Canvas.

😇¶

Find a highly misleading visualization (you can have more than one!). Write a short paper (also feel free to publish in your blog or something) that

dissects and explains why the visualizations are misleading.
explains how the visualization can be fixed.
provides a fixed visualization (either hand-drawn or plotted with any tool)

😈¶

Find a perfectly fine visualization (you can have more than one!). Write a short paper that

how can those visualization can be manipulated to mislead one way or the other
provides a manipulated version of the visualization (either hand-drawn or plotted with any tool) - the more malicious and subtle it is, the better!

NOTE: For assignment, You are required to write a paper on one of the above two (good or bad) and not both but if you are interested, you can write for both.