This is one that I use in class. It has data on women CEOs. There are a couple of issues, but a reader suggested an alternative way of portraying the data. Seeing the same data represented accurately side by side but giving very different impacts is interesting. http://blogs.reuters.com/data-dive/2013/12/10/gms-new-ceo-is-another-small-crack-in-the-glass-ceiling /
Rick Stevens School of Behavioral and Social Sciences University of Louisiana at Monroe On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 10:37 AM, Jeffry Ricker, Ph.D. < [email protected]> wrote: > > > On Nov 14, 2015, at 3:02 PM, Christopher Green <[email protected]> wrote: > > I must apologize to all and sundry. One of my intrepid grad stats students > discovered that the “Obamacare Enrollment” bar graph that I sent around > yesterday does not actually come from FOX News, but is from a Saturday > Night Live spoof of Fox News. > > > But as we all know, there are so many other great examples, and not just > from Fox News. > > The attached graph is from Business Insider (June 6, 2012; > http://www.businessinsider.com/these-two-charts-prove-a-college-education-just-isnt-worth-the-money-anymore-2012-6 > ). I’ve also placed the graph in my dropbox at: > https://www.dropbox.com/s/1r3cpmj1p8vof12/diminishing-return.jpg?dl=0 > > Do you see the problem? The graph is discussed on this page: > http://www.statisticshowto.com/misleading-graphs/ > > I also found what sounded like an interesting paper that reported a > positive correlation between the use of graphs (versus tables) in > psychology journal articles and the perceived “hardness” of the > psychological field in which the research was done. But so far, I’ve only > read the abstract. I’m wondering if its results section will contain other > examples of misleading graphs. > > Best, > Jeff > > =========================== > Smith, L. D., Best, L. A., Stubbs, D. A., Archibald, A. B., & > Roberson-Nay, R. (2002). Constructing knowledge: The role of graphs and > tables in hard and soft psychology. American Psychologist, 57(10), 749-761. > doi:10.1037/0003-066X.57.10 > > ABSTRACT > Because graphs provide a compact, rhetorically powerful way of > representing research findings, recent theories of science have postulated > their use as a distinguishing feature of science. Studies have shown that > the use of graphs in journal articles correlates highly with the hardness > of scientific fields, both across disciplines and across subfields of > psychology. In contrast, the use of tables and inferential statistics in > psychology is inversely related to subfield hardness, suggesting that the > relationship between hardness and graph use is not attributable to > differences in the use of quantitative data in subfields or their > commitment to empiricism. Enhanced "graphicacy" among psychologists could > contribute to the progress of psychological science by providing > alternatives to significance testing and by facilitating communication > across subfields. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights > reserved) > =========== > > > > > -- > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Jeffry Ricker, Ph.D. > Professor of Psychology > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Social/Behavioral Sciences > Scottsdale Community College > 9000 E. Chaparral Road > Scottsdale, AZ 85256-2626 > Office: SB-123 > Fax: (480) 423-6298 > Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrJeffryRicker/timeline/ > LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/jeffry-ricker/3b/511/438 > > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13526.d532f8e870faf8a0d8f6433b7952f38d&n=T&l=tips&o=47394 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-47394-13526.d532f8e870faf8a0d8f6433b7952f...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=47395 or send a blank email to leave-47395-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
