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5. Choosing a Data Display
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Exercise 24 Page 368

The scale on the vertical axis has increments of different sizes.

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Consider the given scatter plot. We will describe how the graph is misleading and how someone might misinterpret it.

Notice that the scale on the vertical axis has increments of different sizes. Someone might believe that the decay of chemical compounds is linear. Please note that we are only showing one of the many possible interpretations.