There is enough easily accessible data available to make compelling arguments that are wildly different than, or even opposite to, one another.
Data analysis is a level one ability.
Data interpretation is a level two ability.
Our education teaches us that charts and graphs mean facts. Intended to be quickly digested and trusted.
This trust built up in adolescence is abused by those who understand how to shift axes and sample sizes to their will.
Charts and graphs can be both technically accurate and wildly misleading at the same time.
The footnotes, samples, timeline, and trends can be bent into a narrative.
The jargon of selection is loosely defined or lightly abused and misused to bend the data to the yielder’s will.
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