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Flannery's adjustment to proportional symbol scaling exists because readers tend to

  • A.confuse circles with squares of equal area
  • B.underestimate the area of larger circles
  • C.overestimate the area of larger circles
  • D.misjudge the position of the circle centre

Answer: B

Experiments showed that readers systematically judge large circles as smaller than they are, so a strictly area-proportional scale still understates the top of the range. The adjustment enlarges bigger symbols slightly to compensate.

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