Lesson Plan: Misleading Graphs; This is a lesson plan for third-fifth grade students and based on NCTM Standards. Kids are asked here to construct water balloon catcher, collect data, build graphs, and advertise created products.
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By looking at misleading graphs and trying to use the data, students will become aware of considerations to make when using bar graphs. ... View Misleading Graphs...
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In presenting the results of a CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll, CNN.com used a visually distorted graph* that falsely conveyed the impression that Democrats far outnumber Republicans and Independents in thinking the Florida state court was right to order Terri Schiavo's feeding ... According to the poll, ... Laid out in this manner,
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Graphs sometimes make misleading comparisons. ... Back to first slide ... View graphic version...
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Submitted by Pat on Fri, 06/16/2006 - 3:10pm ... Before examining the flaws in the NPR report, here is a chart of the U.S. violent crime rate since 1985, using data culled from the the 2004 FBI UCR report, extrapolating the figures for 2005 from the most recent report (which showed only the percentage ... Stats and Graphs...
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Activity: Misleading Graphs ... Overview: Two different bar graphs are made from the same survey of favorite foods. The students need to determine which graph is more fair and why, by studying the graphs and altering the data. ... This activity is great for discussing and illustrating misleading graphs.
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Begin a discussion on how misleading graphs are used in advertising ... You will need to include at least two graphs in your commercial. (These graphs can be misleading but are not required to be.) ... Shodor > Interactivate > Lessons > Misleading Graphs...
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Some basic principles to follow when constructing graphs are: ... Misplaced zero point. Most people assume that the zero point is at the bottom of the graph. This can give a very misleading impression of the amount of change present in a data series.
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