Ghoti, a Design Executive, Is Preparing a Design Report for the Industrial

question 51

Multiple Choice

Ghoti, a design executive, is preparing a design report for the industrial cooler to be manufactured by her department. In her report, she combines a few graphs with different scales but avoids all three-dimensional (3D) graphs. She includes breaks in the bars while using truncated scales and ensures that she differentiates between estimated and actual values. She also uses as little color as possible and limits the use of chartjunk in the visuals. Which of the following will make Ghoti's report misleading?

• A) the lack of 3D graphs
• B) the limited use of color
• C) the combination of graphs with different scales
• D) the use of breaks in the bars while using truncated scales
• E) the differentiation between the estimated and actual values

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