Charts are often used in the media to show comparisons and describe trends. At times, they are also used to misrepresent information and promote a biased view.
Some of the ways in which a chart can be misleading include:
The Australian Labour Party released this graph after Tony Abbot was elected as Prime Minister.
Which of the following comments apply:
This graph is misleading because the scale on the vertical axis is not uniform.
This graph is misleading because it claims that there are always an equal number of male and female cabinet members to choose from
This graph is misleading because it claims that all cabinet sizes are the same.
This graph is misleading because there are no European countries included.