Question

Use the internet to find a misleading graph. Key Terms to Search: Misleading Graphs

1. Provide a screenshot of the graph

2. Cite the Source

3. Explain why the graph is misleading

Analysis

1. Explain how you would fix the graph so it is not misleading

2. Explain why the creator of the misleading graph would want to create the graph in the first place.

Answer 1

1. Screenshot of the graph

2. source:

https://www.google.com/search?q=misleading+graphs&rlz=1C1CHBF_enIN809IN809&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=AZwjzN1EUzOtJM%253A%252CbD_AsFzIU9OilM%252C%252Fm%252F0k2ksbq&vet=1&usg=AI4_-kRoyVn_hH_Ky3KuqQISUoVInoB-uQ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjk_d3a9bvjAhVVeysKHXvdC2YQ9QEwAHoECAUQAw#imgrc=AZwjzN1EUzOtJM:

3. The graph is misleading because of the intentionally wrong scaling. In the Y axis, the “percent who agreed with court” is labeled but the labeling is not started from 0.

62 % democrats agreed with court, where as 54% republicans and 54% independents also agreed with court.

4. I would fix the graph by the right scaling i.e. starting the Y axis scaling from 0.

5. The creator of this graph used the misleading graph in the biasness of democrats, so that seeing the graph at a glance, one would think the percentage of democrats agreeing with court is much greater in comparison with republicans and others, where in the real scenario the percentage difference is 8%. This is just a visual paradox.