Below is a graph from the Annual Climate Singapore 2023, which shows the top 10 warmest years in Singapore since 1929. State one aspect of the graph that may be misleading and explain how this may lead to a misinterpretation of the graph. ...

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1. State one misleading aspect of the graph

The yy-axis is truncated: it begins at about 27.8∘C27.8^\circ\text{C} instead of 0∘C0^\circ\text{C}.

2. Explain how this may cause misinterpretation

Because the vertical scale is cut off, small differences such as a few tenths of a degree are visually exaggerated. This may lead readers to think the temperature differences between the years are much larger than they really are.

Answer

The vertical axis does not start from 0∘C0^\circ\text{C}; it starts at about 27.8∘C27.8^\circ\text{C}. This makes the differences in bar heights look much larger than the actual temperature differences, so a reader may think some years were much warmer than others when the differences are actually small.

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