Misleading Data

What is misleading about the graph?

• The y axis does not start at 0.

• The scale is inconsistent.

• The graph is perfect as it is.

• The first two options are correct.

The graph shows the results of a survey to determine student's favorite pets. Why is this graph misleading?

• The slices are the wrong color

• The slices are not the correct size

• The percents do not add up to 100

• Not misleading

Which graph is misleading?

• Neither graph is misleading.

• The graph on the left is misleading because the y-axis does not start at zero.

• The graph on the right is misleading because the difference should be more than what the graph shows.

Explain why this graph may be misleading?

• the x-axis does not have equal intervals

• San Fransisco is not a real city

• you cannot have percents in a line graph

• the y-axis does not have equal intervals

The graph shows the results of a survey to determine student's favorite pets. Why is this graph misleading?

• The slices are the wrong color

• The slices are not the correct size

• The percents do not add up to 100

• Not misleading

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

Why is this graph misleading?

• x axis intervals are different

• y axis intervals are different

• y axis doesn't start at 0

• you can't use different colors

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

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