This document provides instructions for a student project to identify and analyze misleading graphs. Students are asked to find a graph from a news source that is misleading and present their analysis to the class. Their analysis should include: describing the graph's information and producer, explaining why it is misleading, designing an accurate version, and describing the changes made. Students will be graded on appropriately selecting a graph, summarizing it, creating a fair representation, the neatness and creativity of their project, and their oral presentation.
This document provides instructions for a student project to identify and analyze misleading graphs. Students are asked to find a graph from a news source that is misleading and present their analysis to the class. Their analysis should include: describing the graph's information and producer, explaining why it is misleading, designing an accurate version, and describing the changes made. Students will be graded on appropriately selecting a graph, summarizing it, creating a fair representation, the neatness and creativity of their project, and their oral presentation.
This document provides instructions for a student project to identify and analyze misleading graphs. Students are asked to find a graph from a news source that is misleading and present their analysis to the class. Their analysis should include: describing the graph's information and producer, explaining why it is misleading, designing an accurate version, and describing the changes made. Students will be graded on appropriately selecting a graph, summarizing it, creating a fair representation, the neatness and creativity of their project, and their oral presentation.
This document provides instructions for a student project to identify and analyze misleading graphs. Students are asked to find a graph from a news source that is misleading and present their analysis to the class. Their analysis should include: describing the graph's information and producer, explaining why it is misleading, designing an accurate version, and describing the changes made. Students will be graded on appropriately selecting a graph, summarizing it, creating a fair representation, the neatness and creativity of their project, and their oral presentation.
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Misleading Statistics Project
Name:___________________________ Assigned: February 8th, 2017 Due: February 13th, 2017
The project: You will pick ONE misleading graph. You will present your project in front of the class on Monday, February 13 th and Tuesday, February 14th. We will randomly assign in which order you will present. NOTE: This is a Monday, so dont forget to bring your display!
Look through the newspaper, magazine, website online or other source
to fnd a bar graph, pie chart, or other graph that is misleading. For the graph you select do the following:
1. Cut it out or make a copy of it to include with your project.
2. In a few complete sentences, describe what information the graph provides, explain who produced the graph, and why it might have been designed to be misleading. 3. Explain what feature(s) of the graph make it misleading. 4. Using the information from the graph, design a new graph that is not misleading. You can produce your new graph using a computer program or you can create a hand-drawn graphbut make it neat and colorful. 5. Describe what changes you made to create the non-misleading graph.
Helpful Hints:
Do not choose a graph that does not give enough data to make a correct graph Look for political or advertising graphs Look for studies that have bias Misleading Statistics Project
Grading Rubric: Poor 0-5 points Fair 10 points Good 15 points Excellent 20 points Appropriate No graphical An original display An original display An excellent graphical display display found or is found, but it is is found that is a example of a selected one of the no way misleading. good misleading examples provided representation of graphical display. used. misrepresentation. Summary of Very little or no Inaccurate Most of the A complete and graphical display effort on the summary and/or 2 summary is correct accurate summary. summary. or more questions but 2 or fewer missing or mistakes. incorrect. Fair Graphical Student just copies New graphical Graphical display Display uses Representation original display or display created, shows data in a accurate data and fails to include but it does not non-misleading clearly shows the new graphical show the data in a fashion but is data in a fair and display. non-misleading confusing or does non-deceptive fashion. not use the manner. original data. (Up to 10 bonus points for additional display that misleads in the other direction.) Neatness and No or very little Some effort to Good creativity Project shows creativity effort has been make project and neatness with creativity and is made to make the visually appealing some sloppiness visually appealing. project neat and and some apparent. visually appealing. creativity shown. Oral presentation Little or no effort Presentation is Good presentation Accurate and put into oral given but it is with 0 or 1 missing complete presentation. inaccurate or element, is presentation that omits 2 or more accurate or is falls within 2-4 required elements complete and minutes. of the project. accurate but does Appropriately not fall within the professional time limit. language is used.
