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Project 2 DB1
10 points
Due: before or on Friday September 16,
2004
You may
submit this assignment earlier.
1) Examine gasoline prices in Baltimore over
the past few days.
a) You may take your own observations (try to
get the price around the same time each day) or use the Internet to find some
data. Use about 4 –6 observations.
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b) Make a graph to show that during
this time period prices changed dramatically.
c) Make a graph to show that during
this time period prices changed very moderately.
FOR FULL CREDIT, USE ALL THREE IDEAS DISCUSSED IN CLASS (MISLEADING GRAPHS).
d) Read the tutorial on How to Lie with Statistics. Using a college computer,
http://student.ccbcmd.edu/immt/
PLP projects, PLP
Projects Page, How to Lie with Statistics
Name one feature you could add to b) above to make the change
look even more dramatic.