Channel: Answer in Progress

Category: Education

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Description: Get your first month of KiwiCo free: kiwico.com/answerinprogress Up to 60% of people struggle with the skills needed to read graphs accurately, are you one of them? In this video, Sabrina explores her struggles with graph reading and points out 5 pitfalls of graph literacy so you can avoid misunderstanding the next graph you see. This video wouldn't be possible without the book "How Charts Lie" by Alberto Cairo. SUBSCRIBE TO OUR MONTHLY NEWSLETTER answerinprogress.com/newsletter SOCIAL MEDIA Sabrina Twitter: twitter.com/nerdyandquirky Instagram: instagram.com/nerdyandquirky Melissa Twitter: twitter.com/mehlizfern Instagram: instagram.com/mehlizfern Taha Twitter: twitter.com/khanstopme Instagram: instagram.com/khanstopme CREDITS Produced by Sabrina Cruz MUSIC Epidemic Sound. Get started today. share.epidemicsound.com/answerinprogress RECOMMENDED READING How Charts Lie by Alberto Cairo Americans struggle with Graphs by Eli Holder TIMESTAMPS 00:00 A Horrifying Misunderstanding 01:11 One (1) Big Problemo 01:49 Sabrina Buys ANOTHER Book 02:57 Basically a Book Report 05:00 I Made a Mistake. Cue Apology Video Tears. 06:43 KiwiCo Ad Read ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Welcome to the joke under the fold! Get ready for this "graphic" pun. What do you call an unexpected wiggle on a straight graph? A plot twist. Leave a comment with the word PLOT to let me know you were here ;-)