FREQUENCY TABLES, BAR GRAPHS, AND HISTOGRAMS频率表条形图和直方图.pptVIP

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * “Cute” Bar Charts (cont.) Popular newspapers (especially USA Today), magazines, advertise-ments, etc., like to present bar graphs but usually can’t resist the temptation of making them “cute” by letting figures of one sort or other take the place of simple bars. Often, as the heights of the figures vary, their widths also vary in a proportionate manner. The eye then tends to compare areas rather than heights, producing distinctly misleading impressions. Cuteness trumps clarity. Frequencies