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Peer reviewedCourtis, John K. – Journal of Business Communication, 1997
Examines graphical presentations of quantitative data within corporate annual reports in Hong Kong. Finds that approximately 35% of companies included graphics in their annual report. Notes that half of all graphs violated sound principles of chart graphics and were therefore misleading; and misleading graphs occurred across all industrial…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Charts, Communication Research, Ethics
