Data Obscura
A data obscura (pl. data obscura; from Latin data obscura ‘hidden values’) is a form of misinformation “whereby a data graphic is intentionally or unintentionally promoted over other relevant data, either through omission or distortion, thus obfuscating knowledge essential to gaining a more accurate interpretation of a problem or condition.”<ref>Roberts, W. S. (2025). Exposing the myth of a better world: How academic misinformation conceals global poverty levels. International Journal of Humanities and Social Science (16(4): 1297-1314. https://www.ijhssnet.com/view.php?u=https://www.ijhssnet.com/journals/Vol_15_2025/21.pdf</ref>
A data obscura resembles a camera obscura in that it “is accurate to its thesis but it is missing the perspective essential to making it accurate for the observer (i.e., when using a camera obscura, the image is flipped).”<ref>Roberts, W. S. (2025). Exposing the myth of a better world: How academic misinformation conceals global poverty levels. International Journal of Humanities and Social Science (16(4): 1297-1314. https://www.ijhssnet.com/view.php?u=https://www.ijhssnet.com/journals/Vol_15_2025/21.pdf</ref> In the case of data obscura, the reader may not be able to deduce a valid understanding of the problem or condition the data obscura presents, or they are otherwise effectively preempted from interrogating the subject in the manner a more accurate representation would encourage.
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