This document contains information about misleading graphs including:
1) An upcoming quiz, midterm, and placement test dates as well as a reminder to bring pencils.
2) Examples of misleading line graphs about temperature and spending that manipulate scales or leave out key information.
3) A student activity to analyze misleading graphs and create their own, trading with a partner to explain why each is misleading.
4) Homework assigned on analyzing scales to identify misleading graphs and indicators that a graph may be misleading.
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Important Dates
• Midterm: 20% of Third Quarter Grade
Tuesday February 7th
• Placement Test:
Tuesday Feb.14th and Wednesday Feb.15th
BRING PENCILS
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5. Anticipatory Set: Answer the following question, in complete
sentences.
1.) If you were the mayor of this city, which graph would you
use to show that you have done a good job stopping crime?
Explain your answer.
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9. 1.) What would be a less misleading title for this graph?
2.) How is the horizontal axis misleading?
3.) How is the vertical axis misleading?
4.) How much did spending really increase between 1993 and
2000?
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10. 5.) What is the point of the ad?
6.) How far is New York from Los Angeles?
7.) How far is New York from Hawaii?
8.) Why is the graph misleading?
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13. D.) Create a graph that is misleading that displays the following
information on a separate piece of paper:
E.) Trade graphs with your partner and explain why
the graph is misleading.
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14. BEFORE YOU LEAVE:
1.) Explain how to use the scale of a graph to decide if the
graph is misleading.
2.) Describe what might indicate that a graph is misleading.
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