# How to spot a misleading graph

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED-Ed
- Speaker: Lea Gaslowitz
- Year: 2017
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Mathematics, Psychology and the brain, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/lea_gaslowitz_how_to_spot_a_misleading_graph)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

When they're used well, graphs can help us intuitively grasp complex data. But as visual software has enabled more usage of graphs throughout all media, it has also made them easier to use in a careless or dishonest way — and as it turns out, there are plenty of ways graphs can mislead and outright manipulate. Lea Gaslowitz shares some things to look out for. \[Directed by Mark Phillips, narrated by Pen-Pen Chen\].

## Lectures

1. [How to spot a misleading graph](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/lea_gaslowitz_how_to_spot_a_misleading_graph/0d843c7ae2c6), 4 min (TED's player)