Question
A gardener measures every plant in her garden and notes that 28% are under 6 inches, 54% are between 6 and 8 inches, and the rest are above 8 inches. If she wants to make a bar graph to depict, her data, where should the vertical axis begin to ensure it is not misleading?
1)6 in
2)-6 in
3)0 in
4)28 in
1)6 in
2)-6 in
3)0 in
4)28 in
Answers
GPT-4o mini
To avoid misleading representations in a bar graph, the vertical axis should begin at zero. This is important because starting the axis at a value greater than zero can exaggerate differences between the categories and create a false impression of the data.
In this case, since the percentages of plants (28%, 54%, and the remainder which is 18%) represent a proportion of the total, the appropriate choice for the starting point of the vertical axis is:
**3) 0 in**
In this case, since the percentages of plants (28%, 54%, and the remainder which is 18%) represent a proportion of the total, the appropriate choice for the starting point of the vertical axis is:
**3) 0 in**