Missing the Bar: How People Misinterpret Data In Bar Graphs

Credit: Jeremy Wilmer/Wellesley College

Sarah Kerns and Jeremy Wilmer’s revelation about bar graphs was made possible by a powerful new measurement technique that they developed. This technique relies upon having a person draw, on paper, their interpretation of the graph.

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