1. When we construct a bar chart or graph, what is the effect of starting the vertical axis at a value that is far above zero? Explain.
2. Find an example of a misleading use of statistics in a newspaper, magazine, corporate annual report, or other source. Then explain why your example is misleading.
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3. Figure 2.35 gives two more time series plots of the previously discussed mean nurses' salary increases. In Figure 2.35(a) the hospital administration has compressed the horizontal axis. In Figure 2.35(b) the union organizers have stretched the horizontal axis. Discuss the different impressions given by the two time series plots.
Text Book: Business Statics in Practice By BOWERMAN.