Monday, 8 October 2018

Bad Data and Good Data Turned Bad

Image result for misleading graphs
 At first glance at the above graph one would believe that the "2005 Florida enacted its 'Stand Your Ground' law" was a positive change for the community resulting the decrease number of murders from firearms. Although, when one looks closer it can be noticed that actually the graph is actually flipped. The numbers go in descending order bottom to top. The labeled point is around 525 deaths which then increases to over 800 in a short period of time. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement should change this flipping the graph so that the numbers would go in ascending order from bottom to top.  Also I think the confounding variables should be taken into account. Things such as an increase in the population need to go into account when looking at these graphs. 



I found this graph on the website https://venngage.com/blog/misleading-graphs/.