'Chartjunk' may actually aid understanding
Thursday, November 5, 2009 - 15:14
in Health & Medicine
RALEIGH, N.C., Nov. 5 (UPI) -- Graphs and charts embellished with "chartjunk" may help rather than hurt people's understanding of data, a study at two U.S. universities indicates.
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