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/.
One of the first things I noticed was how the graph was flipped. It looked really strange at first with 0 being at the top of the y-axis and the increasing numbers closer the the bottom. That alone makes the graph very misleading at first glance. The only constructive thing I would say is revise the sentence that starts with “The Florida Department of Law Enforcement should...” But I do agree that other factors should be taken into account as well.
ReplyDeleteSarah, I think this graph is the most favorite misleading graph by your peers since you are the third person in your class to notice it. I agree with you about the fact that when we are analyzing any data we should look at all the factors and variables as well as avoid any mistakes when we present it to our audience.
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