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Miss Leading Graphs Activity Graphs
Miss Leading Graphs Activity Graphs
Figures
and
Lies:
How
data
is
manipulated
to
shape
our
opinions
An
activity
that
explores
how
to
recognize
misleading
graphs,
using
everday
examples
from
the
media.
By
learning
to
recognize
common
ways
graphs
can
be
manipulated,
you
can
start
the
process
of
changing
from
passive
consumers
of
data
to
active,
critical
thinkers.
Look
through
the
graphs
and
come
up
with
a
list
of
misleading
techniques.
Then
read
through
the
list
below
and
and
add
any
not
included.
If
you
did
not
get
one
the
the
techniques
listed
below,
look
at
the
graphs
again
and
try
to
find
an
example
of
it.
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Graph
sources:
1
Money
Looms,
“Retirement
Age
and
Life
Expectancy?”
by
Allen
Foster,
https://moneylooms.com/retirement-age-life-expectancy
2
Social
media
Examiner,
“12
Social
Media
Marketing
Trends
for
Small
Business,”
by
Suzanne
Delzio,
posted
on
June
9,
2015
http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/social-media-marketing-trends-for-small-business
3
World
History
Blog,
“Longer
Life
Expectancy”,
published
on
Monday,
October
5,
2015
http://worldhistoryblogpaloma.blogspot.com/2015/10/longer-life-expectancy.html
4
Association
for
Psychological
Science,
“Graphing
Literacy
in
the
Psychology
Major,”
by
Susan
A.
Nolan
and
Thomas
E.
Heinzen,
September
2009
http://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/graphing-literacy-in-the-psychology-
major#.WIo1TXeZOF8
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Buzz
Feed
News,
“13
Graphs
That
Are
Clearly
Lying”,
by
Katie
Notopoulos,
posted
on
Oct.
3,
2014,
at
2:06
p.m.
Image
Source:
reddit.com
Found
at:
https://www.buzzfeed.com/katienotopoulos/graphs-that-lied-to-
us?utm_term=.uvpplxNk9#.gvpxEzQYr
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Statistics
How
To,
“Misleading
Graphs
Real
Life
Examples,
by
Andale,
January
24,
2014
Image:
University
of
Kentucky.
http://www.statisticshowto.com/misleading-graphs/
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Statistics
How
To,
“Misleading
Graphs
Real
Life
Examples,
by
Andale,
January
24,
2014
http://www.statisticshowto.com/misleading-graphs/
Video
of
commercial
can
be
seen
at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaTZHBmR7So
8
Buzz
Feed
News,
“13
Graphs
That
Are
Clearly
Lying”,
by
Katie
Notopoulos,
posted
on
Oct.
3,
2014,
at
2:06
p.m.
Image
source:
https://imgur.com/DXEI9KA
Uploaded
Sept.
3,
2014
https://www.buzzfeed.com/katienotopoulos/graphs-that-lied-to-
us?utm_term=.aaYN8r0VE#.xkadXQymj
9
Passy’s
World
of
Mathematics,
”Real
World
Charts
and
Graphs”,
posted
on
March
24,
2012.
Image
Source:
http://www.brs-inc.com
(Business
Resource
Software,
Inc.)
Found
at:
http://passyworldofmathematics.com/real-world-charts-and-graphs/
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“Ocean
temperature
a
negligible
trend”
Created
from
the
data
at
NOAA
National
Centers
for
Environmental
information,
Climate
at
a
Glance:
Global
Time
Series,
published
January
2017,
retrieved
on
January
18,
2017
from
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/
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“Annual
Global
Ocean
Temperature
Anomalies,
1880
to
2016”
NOAA
National
Centers
for
Environmental
information,
Climate
at
a
Glance:
Global
Time
Series,
published
January
2017,
retrieved
on
January
18,
2017
from
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/
Please
note:
anomalies
are
with
respect
to
the
20th
century
average.
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Created
from
the
data
at
NOAA
National
Centers
for
Environmental
information,
Climate
at
a
Glance:
Global
Time
Series,
published
January
2017,
retrieved
on
January
18,
2017
from
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/
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13
Buzz
Feed
News,
“13
Graphs
That
Are
Clearly
Lying”,
by
Katie
Notopoulos,
posted
on
Oct.
3,
2014,
at
2:06
pm.
Image
Source:
gravismarketing.com
/
Via
reddit.com
https://www.buzzfeed.com/katienotopoulos/graphs-that-lied-to-
us?utm_term=.gdyOQ0o48#.itny0kRAz
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Buzz
Feed
News,
“13
Graphs
That
Are
Clearly
Lying”,
by
Katie
Notopoulos,
posted
on
Oct.
3,
2014,
at
2:06
pm.
Image
Source:
CNN
/
Via
buzzfeed.com
https://www.buzzfeed.com/katienotopoulos/graphs-that-lied-to-
us?utm_term=.gdyOQ0o48#.itny0kRAz
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Passy’s
World
of
Mathematics,
“Misleading
Graphs,
”posted
on
March
13,
2012
Image
Source:
http://www.visionjar.com
--
Fox
40
News
http://passyworldofmathematics.com/misleading-graphs
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Beckers
Hospital
Review,
“5
statistics
to
know
about
hospital
admission
rates,”
by
Elizabeth
Earl,
March
16,
2015
http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/population-health/5-statistics-to-know-about-
hospital-admission-rates.html
17
Vox,
“Every
year,
more
people
watch
the
Super
Bowl.
Why
did
it
hit
its
ratings
peak
in
1982?”
updated
by
Todd
VanDerWerff
and
Javier
Zarracina
Feb
5,
2017.
Source:
Nielson
http://www.vox.com/2016/2/5/10921574/super-bowl-ratings
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Vox,
“Every
year,
more
people
watch
the
Super
Bowl.
Why
did
it
hit
its
ratings
peak
in
1982?”
updated
by
Todd
VanDerWerff
and
Javier
Zarracina
Feb
5,
2017.
Source:
Nielson
http://www.vox.com/2016/2/5/10921574/super-bowl-ratings
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Ambergrics
Caye.com
Forum,
“Well
now
you've
gone
and
done
it
Ollie-Climate
cha”
http://ambergriscaye.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/503768/well-now-youve-gone-and-
done-it-ollie-climate-cha.html
20
Carpe
Diem,
Professor
Mark
J.
Perry’s
Blog
for
Economics
and
Finance,
“Us
Life
Expectancy,”
January
12,
2012
http://mjperry.blogspot.com/2012/01/us-life-expectancy-reaches-new-high-of.html
21
Stack
Overflow,
“iOS
Line
charts
with
multiple
y-axis”
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12670751/ios-line-charts-with-multiple-y-axis
22
Fox
News,
America's
Newsroom,
12/12/11,
via
Media
Matters
Image
Source:
Passy’s
World
of
Mathematics,
“Misleading
Graphs,”
posted
on
March
13,
2012
http://passyworldofmathematics.com/misleading-graphs
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Florida
Department
of
Law
Enforcement,
C.
Chan
Feb
16,
2014
Image
source:
Buzz
Feed
News,
“13
Graphs
That
Are
Clearly
Lying”,
by
Katie
Notopoulos,
posted
on
Oct.
3,
2014,
at
2:06
p.m
https://www.buzzfeed.com/katienotopoulos/graphs-that-lied-to-us?utm_term=.gdyOQ0o48#.itny0kRAz
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Image
source:
Buzz
Feed
News,
“13
Graphs
That
Are
Clearly
Lying”,
by
Katie
Notopoulos,
posted
on
Oct.
3,
2014,
at
2:06
p.m
https://www.buzzfeed.com/katienotopoulos/graphs-that-lied-to-
us?utm_term=.aaYN8r0VE#.xkadXQymj
www.FrontPorchMath.com
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