How to spot a misleading graph
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E91bGT9BjYk
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When they’re used well, graphs can help us intuitively grasp complex data. But as visual software has enabled more usage of graphs throughout all media, it has also made them easier to use in a careless or dishonest way — and as it turns out, there are plenty of ways graphs can mislead and outright manipulate. Lea Gaslowitz shares some things to look out for.
8 July 2017 Edit: 8 July 2017
- Topics:
- Data, Data Representation, Misleading Graphs
- The Australian Curriculum
- Statistics and Probability, Data representation and interpretation, ACMSP147 Year 6 Interpret and compare a range of data displays, including side-by-side column graphs
- The Australian Curriculum Version 9.0 New
- Year 6, Statistics Year 6, AC9M6ST01 interpret and compare data sets for ordinal and nominal categorical, discrete and continuo
- Australian Curriculum / Essential Mathematics
- Unit 3 Topic 4 Data collection, Sources of bias, ACMEM134 describe the faults in the collection of data process , ACMEM135 describe sources of error in surveys; for example, sampling error and measurement error , ACMEM136 investigate the possible misrepresentation of the results of a survey due to misunderstandi, ACMEM137 investigate errors and misrepresentation in surveys, including examples of media misreprese
- NSW Mathematics Standard Stage 6 Syllabus
- Statistical Analysis, MS-S1 Data Analysis, MS-S1.1 Classifying and representing data (grouped and ungrouped)
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