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Two lessons in, you have the vocabulary and you've watched the techniques in action. Now it's your turn to do the catching. Each scenario below describes a chart. Your job is to identify what's wrong with it before the answer confirms whether you're right.

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Two lessons in, you have the vocabulary and you've watched the techniques in action. Now it's your turn to do the catching. Each scenario below describes a chart. Your job is to identify what's wrong with it before the answer confirms whether you're right.

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1

A bar chart compares two candidates' approval ratings of 51% and 53% , but the y - axis starts at 50 . This is an example of a - .

2

A supplement company's chart shows their sales and customer energy levels rising together , then titles it " Our Supplement Drives Real Results . " This is framed as .

3

A company's revenue chart begins in 2022 , the year their growth started , and leaves out the three years of losses before it . This is a - time rang e

4

A pie chart labels its four slices as 30% , 30% , 30% , and 25% . Because the percentages add up to 115% , this is an example of pie chart proportion s

5

A chart's y - axis jumps from 0 to 50 , 000 to 500 , 000 to 5 , 000 , 000 but spaces each interval equally on screen . This is an example of axis interval s

6

A company reports an average response time of 4 minutes , using the mean despite a small number of fast automated replies pulling the number down significantly . This is a misleading

7

A health product's bar is shown in bright red with a glowing border while competitors' bars are flat gray . This is a design choic e

8

A climate report shows a sharp spike in emissions over three years without providing any data from the decade before . This is an example of baselin e

9

A chart uses two y - axes at completely different scales to make coffee consumption and productivity appear to move in perfect parallel . This is axis manipulatio n

10

A chart shows that neighborhoods with more libraries have higher test scores , and the caption reads " Libraries proven to boost student achievement . " This is framed as

 
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