Using Graphs to Advertise Answers

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Consider the following graph, which details one bookstore’s sales over the course of one day, divided by genre. By percent, how much greater do sales of horror books appear to be than sales of cookbooks? How much greater are they in reality? a. There appear to be 50% more sales of horror books than cookbooks, but there are really only about 20% more. b. There appear to be 40% more sales of horror books than cookbooks, but there are really only about 5% more. c. There appear

The following graph shows a bus’s record of the number of passengers it picked up over the course of a day. How many people rode the bus over the course of the day?

What kind of graph is shown below?

Consider the following graph, which shows a store’s sales of fruit over the course of one week. How could this graph be misleading?

What kind of graph is characterized by presenting values as coordinate points without any connecting element?

Consider the following graph, which details one bookstore’s sales over the course of one day, divided by genre. By percent, how much greater do sales of horror books appear to be than sales of cookbooks? How much greater are they in reality? a. There appear to be 50% more sales of horror books than cookbooks, but there are really only about 20% more. b. There appear to be 40% more sales of horror books than cookbooks, but there are really only about 5% more. c. There appear

Consider the following graph, which indicates collected data on the weight of a certain species of swallow and the number of leaves it weaves into its nest. What aspect of this graph is likely being emphasized by the choice of graph style, choice of scale, and so on?

What is the difference between a line graph and a scatter plot?

Rachel has just completed a study of precipitation in three different locations over the course of a year. The data she wishes to present in graph form is shown in the table below, with precipitation listed in inches. BostonPhoenixMinneapolisJanuary3.270.451.04February3.440.48.76March3.100.711.12April3.890.312.10May3.750.173.15June3.120.095.11July2.980.115.78August3.070.334.65September3.150.523.61October3.550.403.22November3.420.422.34December3.440.291.84Rachel wants her graph to emphasize the relation of each city’s precipitation to each other city’s at each point in time. What kind of graph would be appropriate?

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What kind of graph is characterized by presenting values as coordinate points without any connecting element?

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