2.04.2010

Doubious Data

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Doubious Date Handout

You will pick one of the three problems and explain what changes you would make and why you would make those changes. 

EXTRA CREDIT:

If you want to the extra credit you need to create a graphic representation of your own which you think illustrates the data in a more understandable manner.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I have estimated the population rate from 1999 to 2013 the rate should increase
By about one billion from 1999 to 2013 Iam guessing the our current population
Is about 500,000 people so there should be about a increase of another 500,000
That is the estimate for about 14 years the pattern goes 14 ,13 ,and 12 years so here is a graph to estimate the population growth




1999 2013 2026 2038
6billion 7billion 8billion 9billion

Anonymous said...

S.A.
Nations Offering Temporary Settlement

The pictograph, states that each figure represents 2,000 refugees.

The figures for Germany, the U.S, Turkey, Other Nations, and Not Accounted for are correct and represent the total number of refugees. However, the figures for Norway, Greece, and Canada do not represent the total number of refugees- “my” predecessor seemed to have forgotten that each figure represented 2,000 refugees. Example: Norway has 6,000 refugees and “my” predecessor put 6 figures to represent 6,000 (but actually 6 figures represents 12,000 refugees.)

The corrections I would make to the pictograph (for the figures representing 2,000 refugees) would be putting:
Norway 6,000 - 3 figures
Greece 5,000 - 2.5 figures
Canada 5,000 – 2.5 figures

An improvement I would make would be spacing the figures (from two separate countries) further apart so that the readers would be able to tell how many figures go to which country.