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Don't make graphs misleading!As for the answer: different scales, leaving out points, drawing extra lines with no meaning, confusing labels, ...Most graphs you see online are misleading, few are really good.
They usually contain a "break" in the graph, which would be on the left side of the graph.
In a graph
Rene descartes invented bar graphs you can find more about him in the book."A flyon the celieng."
Visual presentation is a very efficient way of conveying information - whether the information is correct or incorrect - including deliberately misleading. Once accepted, all information is difficult to amend. It is important, therefore, that the correct messages are taken in from graphs.