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<p>It’s especially common to see presentations of data in the popular media that are adorned with lots of visual elements that are thematically related to the content but unrelated to the actual data. This is known as <em>chartjunk</em>, and should be avoided at all costs.</p>
<p>One good way to avoid chartjunk is to avoid using popular spreadsheet programs to plot one’s da