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title: "Data viz critique: Is the dollar having its worst year in decades? (CC376)"
blurb: "How did the FT do?"
author: "PD Schloss"
date: 2025-10-27 12:00
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Pat applies the DAIJ model for giving a critique to a data visualization from the Financial Times that makes the claim that the US dollar is having the worst year in decades. Does this visual support that assertion? By Describing, Analyzing, Interpreting, and then Judging the visual he contends that we can give a more constructive data visualization that will help the recipient and the person giving the critique get the most out of the experience. You can find a version of the [FT article here](https://www.ft.com/content/ac9e7ee1-ebe5-431a-a315-b833de728ec9). You can purchase Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic's [books here](https://amzn.to/3J1Qyff)

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