KISS
Keep your graphs simple but complete. A particularly horrific example is located at http://www.aptech.com/3dcontour2.html with a copy at http://statcourse.com/research/sillygraph.jpeg.
Its flaws include all of the following:
Rules for avoiding similar catastrophes in your own work are provided in the sections that follow.
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