In technical communication, data is often represented visually, perhaps through the use of graphs, tables, or charts. This discussion topic is designed to give you practice in identifying flaws in data visualization.
For each of the following four questions, please write a couple of sentences for your answer.
1. Which of the following graphs represents the data more accurately? Why?
graph a
graph b
For each of the following four questions, please write a couple of sentences for your answer.
1. Which of the following graphs represents the data more accurately? Why?
graph a
graph b
2. Which of the following graphs represents the data more accurately? Why?
graph a
graph b
3. The following graph is deceiving. Why is it deceiving, and how would you improve it?
4. The following chart shows the average number of Facebook likes that a group of British politicians received. However, the chart could illustrate the data more accurately? Why is it not accurate, and how would you improve it?
