Editing 1945: Scientific Paper Graph Quality

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| number    = 1945
| date      = January 22, 2018
| title     = Scientific Paper Graph Quality
| image     = scientific_paper_graph_quality.png
| titletext = The worst are graphs with qualitative, vaguely-labeled axes and very little actual data.
}}

==Explanation==
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{{w|Microsoft Paint}} was first introduced in 1985, and {{w|Microsoft PowerPoint}} debuted in 1990, allowing for the easy creation of graphs by computer users. The comic suggests that these easy-to-use tools are responsible for decreasing the overall quality of graphs, presumably by enabling a large number of inexperienced designers.

{{w|Microsoft_PowerPoint#Use_it_less|Critics of PowerPoint}}, such as {{w|Edward Tufte}}, have argued that the software is ill-suited for reporting scientific analyses.

==Transcript==
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General quality of charts and graphs in scientific papers

PowerPoint / MSPaint Era

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