Question

a survey of 800 people who binge-watch were asked how many episodes is too many to watch in one viewing session. the results are displayed in the bar graph. explain how this graph is misleading

Answer 1

The graph is misleading because the vertical scale is not even. It goes from 0 to 15 and then thereafter the scale reverts to a scale of 5.

This is misleading because had the graph gone in a scale of 5 from the get go, the number of people who thought 3-4 episodes were too much would have looked higher in the graph as they seem to comprise of about 5% of the sample population.

The scale should begin at 0 and then go like 5 ⇒ 10 ⇒ 15 ⇒ 20 ⇒ 25 ⇒ 30