- What story does this visual display (graph) below tell? Describe the variables that are being compared. (Hint: There are three). Do you think that this is an accurate and fair description of the data? Is this graph clear or misleading? Why?
Source: http://calculatedriskimages.blogspot.com/2010/09/bls-education-pays.html
2. What story does the Pie Graph below tell? Describe what these data are representing. Do you think that this is an accurate and fair description of these data? Is this graph easy to understand? Name at least three things wrong with this graph and how you might correct them?
Source: http://blog.jgc.org/2009/08/please-dont-use-pie-charts.html
3. Choose any Excel dataset from Doc Sharing. Include the name of the dataset. From that dataset, select any qualitative and discrete variable and create an appropriate graph that describes that variable. Be sure to fully label the graph. Attach your graph to your post using Add/Remove. (Note: Doc Sharing contains tutorials to help with graphing in Excel). excel doc is bear