CTC Misleading Graphs Discussion

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Revisit the Learning Activity titled xplore on Your Own: Misleading Graphs in the News. ollow one of the links, and select one of the examples presented. In your own words, describe what the graph seems to be saying and what the problem is with that display. Also, characterize the nature of the problem by categorizing your example (among the many possibilities of ways to mislead people using data) and describe the category as completely as possible.

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GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF DATA
Explore On Your Own:
Misleading Graphs in the
News
Introduction
Explore the following sites and make a list of all the different ways
that visual displays can be misleading. Post your list to Social Learning
and include links to the examples you found in the media. Explore the
examples posted by your peers and respond to at least two posts.
Website
Explanation
Statistics How To: Misleading
Graphs: Real Life Examples
Explore the misleading graphs in the news and
media found on this website.
Forbes: Misleading Graphs:
Figures Not Drawn to Scale
This article looks at some examples of graphs not
drawn to scale and how lack of scale is used to
convey false information to the public.
USCD: How to Lie, Cheat,
Manipulate and Mislead
Using Statistics and
Graphical Displays
This PowerPoint reviews some statistical concepts
you have learned earlier, including biased sampling
methods, and how measures of central tendency
can be deceiving. Pay particular attention to slides
25ð to see some examples of misleading graphical
displays.
University of
On this webpage, scroll down to ámes with
Website
Washington: How to Lie and
Cheat With Statistics
Explanation
Graphics4o see some additional examples of
inaccurate representations of data.

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