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Chapter 5: Q5CRE (page 184)

Bar Graph Fox News broadcast a graph similar to the one shown here. The graph is intended to compare the number of people actually enrolled in a government health plan (left bar) and the goal for the number of enrollees (right bar). Does the graph depict the data correctly or is it somehow misleading? Explain.

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The graph does not depict the data correctly. It exaggerates the difference between the actual number of enrolments and the goal for the number of enrollees. It makes the reader believe that the goal is quite unachievable, which is not the reality. Thus, it is misleading.

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Given information

A bar graph is depicted showing the number of actual enrolments and the goal for the number of enrollees.

02

Deceptive graph

Here, thebar graph does not show the vertical scale which would have helped in assessing the accurate length of the bars (if the vertical scale would have begun from 0).

It can be seen that 7,066,000 is nearly 1.2 times 6,000,000.

But, the length of the bar corresponding to the goal for the number of enrolleesis approximately 3 times the length of the bar representing the actual number of enrolments.

Thus, the graph makes it look that the goal of 7,066,000 individuals is roughly 3 times the number of persons enrolled.

The graph deceives the reader into believing that the actual enrolments are considerably below the target.

Thus, the graph does not depict the data correctly.

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