In: Statistics and Probability
1. Find an example of data that have been misrepresented. This data could be in the form of a graph or a statistical report in any media available to you. Explain what caused the misinformation.
2. What is wrong with the following graph?
How would you change the graph to correctly display the information?
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Let us take an example of the number of computers per capita in various countries.
Here is the actual data on the number of computers per capita in various countries of the world
The way they can present it in the wrong way so that people believe that Canada is far behind other countries can be a case of misleading Data Visualization.
A data visualization chart of this kind can be created, it shows that Canada is behind other countries, data labels are not being shown here so that a false conclusion can be justified.