Examine the accompanying figure, which displays the percentage of adults over 18 with a body mass index

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Examine the accompanying figure, which displays the percentage of adults over 18 with a “body mass index” greater than 25 in different years. Body mass index is a measure of weight relative to height.

1995 53  1996 54  1997 55  1998 56  1999 58 2000 60  2001 63  2002 64 2003 62  2004 62  2005 62

a. What is the main result displayed in this figure?

b. Which of the four principles for drawing good graphs are violated here? How are they violated?

c. Redraw the figure using the most appropriate method discussed in this chapter. What type of graph did you use?

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The Analysis Of Biological Data

ISBN: 9781319226237

3rd Edition

Authors: Michael C. Whitlock, Dolph Schluter

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