Be careful what you like. Researchers examined the relations between the number of Facebook likes a person

Be careful what you €œlike.€ Researchers examined the relations between the number of Facebook €œlikes€ a person has posted and the researchers€™ ability to correctly identify various characteristics of the person, including gender, age, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, political beliefs, personality traits, and intelligence (Kosinski, Stillwell, & Graepel, 2013). The graph at top right shows the relations between number of likes and accuracy of identifying gender, age, and the personality characteristic of openness, respectively.

a. In your own words, what story is this graph telling? 

b. Based on what you learned in Chapter 3 about graphs, explain why the x-axis is misleading, and describe how you would redesign the graph.

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х 0.13 200.00 0.27 98.00 0.49 543.00 0.57 385.00 0,84 420.00 312.00 1.12 Mx = 0.57 My = 326.333 SDx = 0.333 SDy = 145.752