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Example of BAD Illustrations

Started 2 years ago by skaclmbr / 3 posts

  1. skaclmbr
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    I live in Raleigh, NC, and there is a big political fight over the diversity policy in schools in our county. The head of the school board presented this powerpoint (published on the local news station), to argue for getting rid of the policy. Granted, it is not completely fair to judge one's powerpoint without seeing the presentation, but shouldn't the illustrations and graphs stand on their own?

    Offending graphics on slides 5, 6, 7, 10, 12, and 13. I see this as a case where the poor use of graphics confuses rather than clears up the issue.

    Thanks!
    Scott

  2. nathany
    FlowingData Editor
    Posted 2 years ago #

    yeah, those 'charts' are kind of wonky.

  3. boris_gorelik
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    Well, I would have removed most of the text from this presentation, but the overall appearance is at least one standard deviation better than the "market average". Moreover, it is totally possible that the excessive wording is the result of (unsuccessful) attempt to convert presentation slides into a "memo" -- a stand-alone document that can be understood without a narration.

    Also, skaclmbr -- if you have such a strong negative opinion on this presentation, it would be nice if you provided your version of a slide or two.


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