J4) Misleading Charts

J1) Mean vs Median Net Worth in the US

J2) S&P 500: Average Return vs Standard Deviation

J3) Confirmation Bias Test

J4) Misleading Charts

J5) Simpson’s Paradox

[clevelandgabby]

This showcased how news networks, and other companies manipulate data to showcase a display that can benefit them selfs and their ideology. This has taught me to truly look at graphs, and see what they show instead of what they want me to see.

[Gibcody]

So, I’m assuming these new stations decided to make the graph start at 34 knowing it would make the tax cut look a lot bigger than it actually is, correct? It looks like they are doing that to stir up the pot and chase some controversy between people. Or maybe it was a way for them to get some more views on their station. Either way they should have used a more accurate representation on their graph for the tax plan.