[ATTW-L] ATTW-L Digest, Vol 26, Issue 17

[yvonne wade sanchez]

Wow. Sharing!

On Wed, May 20, 2020, 12:57 PM <attw-l-request at attw.org> wrote:

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>    1. Georgia's misleading graph (Dragga, Sam)
>    2. Re: Georgia's misleading graph (Northcut, Kathryn)
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> From: "Dragga, Sam" <Sam.Dragga at ttu.edu>
> To: "attw-l at attw.org" <attw-l at attw.org>
> Subject: [ATTW-L] Georgia's misleading graph
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> A striking example of a misleading column graph is a short-lived item from
> the Georgia Department of Public Health listing COVID-19 cases in five
> counties across a 15-day period.  The days were not displayed in
> chronological order from left to right and the five counties were in
> different orders on different days: the two errors created the impression
> that the number of cases was declining dramatically, possibly leading
> officials and citizens to make unsafe/unwise choices.
>
> The misleading graph from May 10 has been deleted, but you?ll find a copy
> of it and the new corrected version at
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> https://www.gpbnews.org/post/georgia-s-gaffe-prone-covid-19-dashboard-useful-if-you-know-where-look
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> Sam
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> Sam Dragga
> Professor Emeritus, Texas Tech University
> Editor, Technical Communication
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> Date: Wed, 20 May 2020 17:56:46 +0000
> From: "Northcut, Kathryn" <northcut at mst.edu>
> To: "Dragga, Sam" <Sam.Dragga at ttu.edu>
> Cc: "attw-l at attw.org" <attw-l at attw.org>
> Subject: Re: [ATTW-L] Georgia's misleading graph
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> And thousands of Tech Com alumni and students of alumni across the planet
> thought of you when we read that article!
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> Cheers,
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> Kathy
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> Kathryn Northcut, PhD
> Interim Vice Provost
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> On May 20, 2020, at 12:36 PM, Dragga, Sam <Sam.Dragga at ttu.edu<mailto:
> Sam.Dragga at ttu.edu>> wrote:
>
> A striking example of a misleading column graph is a short-lived item from
> the Georgia Department of Public Health listing COVID-19 cases in five
> counties across a 15-day period.  The days were not displayed in
> chronological order from left to right and the five counties were in
> different orders on different days: the two errors created the impression
> that the number of cases was declining dramatically, possibly leading
> officials and citizens to make unsafe/unwise choices.
>
> The misleading graph from May 10 has been deleted, but you?ll find a copy
> of it and the new corrected version at
>
> https://www.gpbnews.org/post/georgia-s-gaffe-prone-covid-19-dashboard-useful-if-you-know-where-look
>
> Sam
>
> Sam Dragga
> Professor Emeritus, Texas Tech University
> Editor, Technical Communication
> sam.dragga at ttu.edu<mailto:sam.dragga at ttu.edu>
> 1-806-543-6099
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