critique

reasoning error

Logical flaw in the conclusion drawn from a chart, even a faithfully plotted one.

Classification

critique

Attestation

English definition: Lisnic et al., Misleading Beyond Visual Tricks: How People Actually Lie with Charts, CHI 2023 ↗

Sources (1)

Lisnic et al., Misleading Beyond Visual Tricks: How People Actually Lie with Charts, CHI 2023 ↗

Cite this entry

Stable addresshttps://dataviz.adrientaudiere.com/en-only/term/reasoning-error.html

ReferenceTaudière Adrien. 2026. reasoning error. In Visualization Vocabulary, version 1.0.0. IdEst. https://dataviz.adrientaudiere.com/en-only/term/reasoning-error.html

BibTeX

@incollection{taudiere2026-reasoning-error,
  author    = {Taudière, Adrien},
  title     = {reasoning error},
  booktitle = {Visualization Vocabulary},
  year      = {2026},
  version   = {1.0.0},
  publisher = {IdEst},
  url       = {https://dataviz.adrientaudiere.com/en-only/term/reasoning-error.html},
  note      = {CC0 1.0}
}

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