Average Hospital Stays by Age Group
What is the range of the y-axis?
3 to 7
What is the start of the y-axis?
1
Is this bar chart misleading? Explain
Yes, this chart is misleading. By starting the y-axis at 1 instead of 0, the differences between the average number of days for each age group appear more significant than they actually are. This exaggerates the visual impact of the differences in average hospital stays between the age groups.