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		michaelhoffman on Jan 15, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Nassim Taleb: We should retire the notion of stand... Histograms can be misleading too, especially when the breaks are not set well.

randomsample2 on Jan 15, 2014 [–]

Anything can be misleading, but in most cases a histogram conveys more information than a single number ever could.

michaelhoffman on Jan 16, 2014 | [–]

Absolutely. They just aren't a panacea.

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