ethics

This article is about how statistics and graphs can be made to portray whatever you want them to and the ethical concerns sorounding the proccess. The article usses specific examples such as when a pictograph is shown you can misconstrue the reader by enlarging the picture to make it look larger compared to other pictures. Another example the article uses is starting a bar graph with the top most data giving the reader the perception that the company has tripled in size when really it has only grown 7 percent.

   According to the author, modern imaging technology has made it extremely difficult to trust authenticity of any kind of visual data. Easy manipulation of photographs has become a household chore due to the fairly easy avaliability of imaging softwares like photoshop. E.g. Modification of Stalin's personal photographs for political purposes are some of the more sophisticated instances where image manipulation has been used. However, it is not just limited to this. Visuals can be used in deceiving ways to convey incorrect information. E.g.

The article brings up the fact that in todays world not everything you see is neccessarily true. The reason for this is being in todays world you can edit any sort of photo or video that may have been taken to say or suggest anything you want. So the question arises of how do you figure out what to trust and what not to trust. This is a very important subject to figure out seeing as companies can site specific percentages or say have certain pictures that don't exactly show the whole picture, but make the company look good.