Question 2.321

7. Child-rearing Costs. Consider the accompanying graphic of child-rearing costs by type of cost.

  1. Identify one problem with the graphic that makes it misleading.
  2. Construct a graphic that is not misleading in this way.
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2.4.7

(a) Biased distortion or embellishment; omitting the zero on the relevant scales; inaccuracy in relative lengths of bars in a bar chart. (b) A Pareto chart or pie chart can be used.