[ATTW-L] Georgia's misleading graph

[Russell Willerton]

What Kathy said.

Here's some commentary from Alberto Cairo that is relevant as well.

http://www.thefunctionalart.com/2020/05/about-that-weird-georgia-chart.html?m=1

Regards, Russell
Department of Writing and Linguistics
Georgia Southern University

On Wed, May 20, 2020, 1:58 PM Northcut, Kathryn <northcut at mst.edu> wrote:

> 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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> Good to hear from you.
>
> Cheers,
>
> 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> 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
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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*
> sam.dragga at ttu.edu
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