CASE 12: Creating Appropriate Graphics To Accompany a Report

Following a series of texting-related driving accidents, a representative in your state legislature has decided to introduce legislation restricting the use of cell phones while driving. As an assistant to the state’s insurance commissioner, you have been asked to collect data on how cell-phone use affects driving. The representative hopes to use these data to make his case for the legislation. When you present your findings to your supervisor, she asks that you pare them down to the facts most relevant to the representative. She also asks that you consider presenting some of the data graphically. To get to work improving your research, go here.