Discussion Forum Questions – Respond to the three prompts below Prompt 1 Best Gr

Discussion Forum Questions – Respond to the three prompts below
Prompt 1
Best Graph
Find Charles Joseph Minard’s graph describing Napoleon’s march to Moscow and back, explain why Edward Tufte says that “it may well be the best graphic ever drawn.” (See The Visual Display of Quantitative Information by Edward Tufte, Graphics Press). Minard’s graph can be seen at www.TriolaStats.com under “Textbook Supplements.”
Discuss with your classmates why you think that statistician Edward Tufte described this as the “best graphic ever drawn” – Be Specific utilizing examples where necessary.
Prompt 2
Worst Graph
In The Visual Display of Quantitative Information by Edward Tufte (Graphics Press), find the graph that appeared in American Education, and explain why Tufte says that “this may well be the worst graphic ever to find its way into print.” The graph can be seen at www.TriolaStats.com under “Textbook Supplements.”
Discuss with your classmates why you think that statistician Edward Tufte described this as the “worst graph ever to find its way into print” – Be Specific utilizing examples where necessary. Construct a graph that is effective in depicting the same data – explain in detail to your classmates why your graph is a better graph and what makes it effective.
Prompt 3
In Chapter 3 there are a number of different formulas. Choose two formulas and discuss your classmates the meaning of the different characters in the graph, how they work together, and what is the graph intended to do.
Reference
Triola,, Marc, M. et al. Biostatistics for the Biological and Health Sciences, 2nd Edition, Pearson Education, 2017
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Constructing a graph is part of this discussion post so I have added on a graph to things needed to compensate appropriately. Thank you.