The graph shows the average daily number of COVID-19 patients admitted into a particular hospital over a period of 6 months.

(a)
State one misleading feature of the graph.
(b)
Explain how this feature affects the reader's interpretation of the graph.

Misinterpretation Analysis interpretation 中文

Work through it with AI →

It won't just hand you the answer — it asks where you're stuck.How the checker works

Worked solution

4(a)

1. State the misleading feature of the graph

The vertical axis is truncated: it starts at $9000$ instead of $0$ .

Answer

The vertical axis does not start at $0$ ; it starts at $9000$ .

4(b)

1. Explain the effect of the truncated vertical axis on interpretation

Since the vertical axis starts at $9000$ instead of $0$ , the differences in bar heights are exaggerated. This may make the reader think there was a very large or rapid fall in admissions, although the actual decrease is much smaller.

Answer

It makes the decrease in the number of patients admitted look much larger or more dramatic than it really is.

AI analysis — may contain mistakes.

Worked this one out on paper? Snap your steps and Gigle's AI math checker will circle the step where it went wrong.

The graph shows the average daily number of COVID-19 patients admitted into a particular hospital over a period of 6 months.

Worked solution

4(a)

4(b)

More questions on this topic