1998 Infodesign Ethics Exercise Figure 3a. The actual data points on this graph 2000 2008 2010 2012 Figure 3b. The represented data points on a parallel graph As you likely picked up from Figures 3a and 3b, omitting data is another form of misleading your audience. Figure 3b omits every other year and the result shows an almost constant upward trend. However, Figure 3a shows that, although the end number is higher than the beginning, the numbers frequently fluctuate up and down. The main issue here is that the data is misleading because data points were left out. This issue could be unintentional as the person could have just meant to make their work easier; however, it's still not ethical and something you should think about when constructing graphs. MISLEADING PIE CHARTS Misleading pie charts are often the ones that students unintentionally get wrong. Take a minute to look at Figures 4a and 4b below, and see if you can figure out the problem in each chart before the text explains it. Rest of World Australasia Europe Figure 4a. An appropriate representation of percentages
