1. What makes a graph misleading according to the video?

a. It gives false information.

b. It gives incomplete information.

c. It distracts the reader from understanding what he or she is viewing.

2. How did the PS3 / Xbox 360 graph make you think the gap between the Xbox 360’s popularity and the PS3’s popularity was greater than it actually was?

a. By putting the PS3 bar first on the graph

b. By starting the vertical axis at 44.5 percent

c. By using percentage of people who preferred it rather than number of people who preferred it

3. How did the “math scores” graph make you think that students at Overachievers Elementary were better than the other schools by a wider margin?

a. By starting the vertical axis at 290

b. By giving false numbers for the Overachievers students

c. By comparing Overachievers students with students who hadn’t had the same math preparation

4. How did the “sports ticket prices” graph make it look like the tickets to a hockey game were more expensive than they really were compared to the prices for baseball tickets?

a. By not considering the size of the arena versus a baseball field

b. By making the hockey puck bigger than it should be in relation to the baseball

c. By not starting the vertical axis at zero

5. How did the “sports ticket prices” graph make it look like the tickets to hockey and baseball were less expensive than they really were in comparison to the basketball tickets?

a. By using unequal intervals on the vertical axis

b. By using a basketball that is bigger than it should be

c. By comparing only three sports rather than all major league sports

6. How did the “women’s long jump” graph make it look like there was a huge difference between the first two four-year intervals?

a. By using unequal intervals on the vertical axis

b. By using only figures from every four years rather than all years

c. By measuring the distances in meters rather than feet

All complete. Great job!