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Deceptive Data In “Fake News, Fake Data” you identified the errors in misleading graphs and explained how those inaccuracies changed how readers interpret the data . Use what you learned toansw er five more questions about errors in the graph below. Where Math Gets Real 0
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1. What are the problems with this graph?
4. How would you fix or change this graph so that it displays the data in the most straightforward and accurate way?
2. How do the problems change the appearance of the graph? How does that change the viewer’s understanding of the data displayed?
5. On a separate piece of paper, create a more accurate graph to show the data displayed above.
3. What argument could the graph’s creator be trying to make with this graph?
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