Comparing Data Displays

What is misleading about this graph?
**choose the best answer

• Nothing is misleading about this graph.

• The democrats are too high.

• The y-axis does not start at zero, so it makes the democrats look much higher than the other two parties.

Why is this graph misleading?

• broken scale (doesn't start at 0)

• uneven values on vertical axis

• unequal spacing of lines

• none of the above

Alden wanted to impress his parents by showing the rapid increase in his score on 5 tests. Which graph should he use to impress them the most?

• Graph 1

• Graph 2

• Neither

• Both

This graph shows the number of children interested in different activities in a class. Why is it misleading?

• uneven spacing of values in the vertical scale

• the graph is not misleading

• vertical scale starts at 8, instead of 0

• none of the above

This graph represents the number of different types of bird species in a zoo. Why is it misleading?

• broken scale

• values on the y axis scale are not uniform (the same)

• uneven spacing of values on the y axis

• none of the above

Why is this graph misleading?

• Graphed incorrectly

• Does not start at 0

• The break makes it seem like most players only had a few wins

• Not misleading

What is wrong with this graph?

• Not enough information.

• The basketball ticket prices in 2001 were approximately 2 times as much as 1991, yet the size of the basketballs are about 4 times as big.

• y axis scale is not uniform

Display that shows change over time

• Line Graph

• Dot Plot

• Box and Whisker Plot

• Histogram

Display that shows frequency of data divided into equal intervals

• Box and Whisker Plot

• Histogram

• Line Graph

When comparing two or more sets of data, the scales must be consistent.

• True

• False