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Truncated Bar Graph

Truncated Bar Graph

Note that both of these graphs display identical data; however, in the truncated bar graph on the left, the data appear to show significant differences, whereas in the regular bar graph on the right, these differences are hardly visible.

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    "Misleading graph."
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misleading_graph Wikipedia GNU FDL.

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