Definitions
Graphs 1
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Misleading?
True or False
100
The manipulation of a graph by expanding or contracting the size of the intervals on the axis or by showing only a portion of the axis
What is scaling?
100
http://www.math6.org/graphing/images/misleading/bowling.jpg
What is three dimensional effects?
100
On page 474 #10, what is wrong with the graph?
The lunch bags are not proportionate to one another to show a true scale.
200
The choice of the window that the graph uses to view the data
What is cropping?
200
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/Misleading_Pie_Chart.png
What is explode?
200
On page 476 #7, what is the difference between the two graphs?
I. shows the sections are all equal ii. D is the biggest portion, B is the second largest portion, and A & C are equally the smallest portion
300
Often found in newspapers and magazines, this makes a graph more attractive but can also obscure the true picture of the data
What is three dimensional effects?
300
http://www.bbc.co.uk/staticarchive/259b18a755d949ea265e4c30f071d2811f97097e.gif
What is scaling? (not starting at zero)
300
Compare the two graphs on page 464, Figure 10.41.
Left: suggests the rate of unemployment slowly increases Right: suggests the rate of unemployment is rapidly increasing
400
This give a section of the pie piece, or sector, look larger than it actually is
What is explode/explosion?
400
http://peltiertech.com/images/2009-12/PalinPie02.png
What is over 100%?
500
This is when you alter a graph so you are not showing the data in its truest form
What is manipulation?
500
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/maths/images/graph_80.gif
What is cropping?
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