1. 10.4 Misleading Graphs and Statistics
Algebra

2. What’s going on here?

3. How we are fooled Incorrect or suggestive titles No key or scale
Interval inequality
Beginning axis not at zero
Difficult to read charts
Small number of samples
What do I mean by small sample?
What is a random sample and is that a good idea?

4. What’s going on here?
What might somebody believe by looking at this?
Who might want to use this chart?

5. What’s going on here?
What might somebody believe by looking at this?
Who might want to use this chart?

6. Why won’t this work?

7. What do you think about this?

8. What is wrong with this chart?

9. This looks good. Is it?

10. Pretty colors!

11. Breakin’ the law!

12. Can you read this?

13. Their giving it 100%.... Wait…

14. Homework!
Page 704 #1 – 14 ALL