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Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights r eserved. 2 15 Name Date Misleading Histograms Some histograms can be misleading.When a different interval is chosen to present the data,a histogram can change dramatically.Read the problem below. Louis and Li collected shells on the beach for 30 days.They recorded how many coral shells they found each day. 251115317810327 21349182177166 12241252779107 Complete each histogram for the data shown above.Use the intervals given. 1.2. 3. Compare and Contrast How are the histograms similar? How are they different? 4. Give an example of how a histogram can be misleading. Use the histograms in exercises 1 and 2 to support your answer. 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 Number of Days Number of Shells Shells Found 0 78 1516 2324 3132 39 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 Number of Days Number of Shells Shells Found 0 67 1314 2021 2728 34 74125_CMU02L15 pp3 8/10/06 10:15 AM Page 39 Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights r 2…15 Some histograms can be misleading.When a different interval is chosen to present thedata,a histogram can change dramatically.Read the problem below.Louis and Li collected shells on the beach for 30 days.They recorded how many coral shellsthey found each day.2511153178103272134918217716612241252779107Complete each histogram for the data shown above.Use the intervals given.1.2. indifferentintervals,thepresentationofthedatac example,thenumber7occurssixtimes,andwhenitisplaced thatcanaffecttheheightofthebarinthatinterval.For Sampleanswer:Whenonedataitemisrepeatedoften, ontherighthasthegreatestnumberinthe1st. hasthegreatestnumberinthe2ndinterval.Theone numberofdays.Different„Thehistogramontheleft numberofshellsinbothhistogramshavethesame Sampleanswer:Similar„Theintervalswiththegreater Number of Days0…78…1516…2324…3132…39 Number of Days0…67…1314…2021…2728…34 74125_CMU02L15 pp3 8/10/06 10:15 AM Page 39