1. Gather a set of data. Choose a small sample, between 10 and 20 pieces of data, and a simple value to measure, such as the ages of visitors in a park, or the number of text messages each person in your family receives in one day. 2. Choose a display for your data, such as a frequency table, line plot, histogram, or bar graph. Display your data in your chosen format in a way that is misleading. You may use inconsistent (unequal) intervals, an uneven scale, and so on. 3. Use your display to draw a misleading inference about the data. 4.Display your data in the same format, this time making
and 5. Use this display to explain how your first display was misleading. 6. Use a data measure, such as mean, median, mode, or range, to draw a misleading inference about your data. Explain why the measure is misleading.
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