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Bad graphs

Bad graphs. Found on USA Today website http://www.usatoday.com/news/snapshot.htm Summer 2009. Proportional?. The 50% may be a little more than twice as far as Fourth of July, but what about the 12% and 19%?. Y-axis scale. Toes do not make good bars.

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Bad graphs

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  1. Bad graphs Found on USA Today website http://www.usatoday.com/news/snapshot.htm Summer 2009

  2. Proportional? The 50% may be a little more than twice as far as Fourth of July, but what about the 12% and 19%?

  3. Y-axis scale

  4. Toes do not make good bars. Don’t you think it would be hard to find shoes to fit if you big toe was that much bigger than the other toes?

  5. Pies that aren’t round Do you think they counted the area of the ears? Did they subtract out for the eyes, nose and mouth?

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