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Peer reviewedBryan, John – Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 1995
Suggests that new computer software enables writers and technicians to compose graphs that rival those made by professionals. Suggests that professional and novice users of such software either intend to distort data and manipulate readers or do so out of ignorance. Describes and illuminates seven types of distortion in graphs. (PA)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Desktop Publishing, Graphs, Nonprint Media
