The Gallup Organization conducts an annual poll in which it asks a random sample of U.S. adults €œHow would you rate the overall state of moral values in this country today: excellent, good, only fair, or poor?€ The following table represents the percentage of respondents who believe the state of moral values is poor.

(a) Construct a misleading time-series plot that indicates the proportion of U.S. adults who believe that the state of moral values is poor is rapidly increasing.
(b) Construct a time-series plot that is not misleading.

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Year 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Percentage 35 40 39 42 44 44 45 45