<div dir="auto">Wow. Sharing!</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, May 20, 2020, 12:57 PM <<a href="mailto:attw-l-request@attw.org">attw-l-request@attw.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Send ATTW-L mailing list submissions to<br>
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1. Georgia's misleading graph (Dragga, Sam)<br>
2. Re: Georgia's misleading graph (Northcut, Kathryn)<br>
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Date: Wed, 20 May 2020 17:36:33 +0000<br>
From: "Dragga, Sam" <<a href="mailto:Sam.Dragga@ttu.edu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Sam.Dragga@ttu.edu</a>><br>
To: "<a href="mailto:attw-l@attw.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">attw-l@attw.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:attw-l@attw.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">attw-l@attw.org</a>><br>
Subject: [ATTW-L] Georgia's misleading graph<br>
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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.<br>
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The misleading graph from May 10 has been deleted, but you?ll find a copy of it and the new corrected version at<br>
<a href="https://www.gpbnews.org/post/georgia-s-gaffe-prone-covid-19-dashboard-useful-if-you-know-where-look" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.gpbnews.org/post/georgia-s-gaffe-prone-covid-19-dashboard-useful-if-you-know-where-look</a><br>
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Sam<br>
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Sam Dragga<br>
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Date: Wed, 20 May 2020 17:56:46 +0000<br>
From: "Northcut, Kathryn" <<a href="mailto:northcut@mst.edu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">northcut@mst.edu</a>><br>
To: "Dragga, Sam" <<a href="mailto:Sam.Dragga@ttu.edu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Sam.Dragga@ttu.edu</a>><br>
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Subject: Re: [ATTW-L] Georgia's misleading graph<br>
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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!<br>
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Good to hear from you.<br>
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Cheers,<br>
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Kathy<br>
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On May 20, 2020, at 12:36 PM, Dragga, Sam <<a href="mailto:Sam.Dragga@ttu.edu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Sam.Dragga@ttu.edu</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:Sam.Dragga@ttu.edu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Sam.Dragga@ttu.edu</a>>> wrote:<br>
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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.<br>
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The misleading graph from May 10 has been deleted, but you?ll find a copy of it and the new corrected version at<br>
<a href="https://www.gpbnews.org/post/georgia-s-gaffe-prone-covid-19-dashboard-useful-if-you-know-where-look" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.gpbnews.org/post/georgia-s-gaffe-prone-covid-19-dashboard-useful-if-you-know-where-look</a><br>
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Sam<br>
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Sam Dragga<br>
Professor Emeritus, Texas Tech University<br>
Editor, Technical Communication<br>
<a href="mailto:sam.dragga@ttu.edu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">sam.dragga@ttu.edu</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:sam.dragga@ttu.edu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">sam.dragga@ttu.edu</a>><br>
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