Question

The table shows the rainfall, in inches, in the month of july for the years 2006 through 2011.

Alex used the data to make the graph below.
In what way could you redraw the graph so that it is less misleading? How could you redraw the graph so that it is less misleading?

Answer 1

The scale on the graph makes it appear that there was a huge decrease in the amount of rainfall. For example, it appears that the rain fall was cut by more than half. However, it actually only dropped 0.6 out of 4.5 inches from the top to bottom.

Explanation: