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Use this information to find the inaccuracies in the graphs that follow. Write all your answers on a separate piece of paper. 0
KIDS
TEENS
TWEENS
AGE GROUP
1 A. What is wrong with this bar graph?
STUDENT DRINK PREFERENCE
1B. How does the error affect the appearance of the graph’s data? What argument could the graph’s creator be trying to make?
1C. How would you fix or change the graph to make it accurate?
WATER MILK JUICE SODA TEA
DRINK TYPE
2 A. What is wrong with this circle graph?
PET OWNERSHIP BY GRADE
63% 6TH GRADE
2B. How do the problems affect the appearance of the graph’s data? What argument might the graph’s creator be trying to make? 2C. How would you fix or change the graph to make it accurate?
26% 8TH GRADE
50% 7TH GRADE
3 A. What is wrong with this double-line graph?
BOB’S TEST SCORES IN 2017
85%
3B. How do the problems affect the appearance of the graph’s data? What argument could the graph’s creator be trying to make? 3C. How would you fix or change the graph to make it accurate? 4 Why might fake news stories intentionally use misleading graphs?
84%
83%
82%
81%
80%
JANUARY FEBRUARY
TEST DATE MARCH
APRIL
MAY
Sessions 21 & 22 63
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