Graphs

  • A variety of formats, such as line, bar, and circle graphs
  • Including histograms, pictographs, and infographics

 

What is misleading about each of the following graphs? How could the graph be fixed?

Gun deaths in Florida

Top Six Countries by Military Expenditures

Ticket Prices for Baseball and Basketball Games

Average Female Height by Country

 

Climate change deniers like to post misleading graphs, because the science is strongly against their position. Note that the links to NOAA in the US are now dead, as their government officially does not believe in climate change. Also note the wildly implausible $178 trillion figure.

Funny Graphs

Titanic graph

Thomson Reuters: Unintentional Venn Diagram

Worksheets

Assignment – Intro to Graphing Using Excel

Worksheet – Types of Graphs

Worksheet Solutions – Types of Graphs