If this is NOT okay, I apologize in advance, but I don't really go to any other websites where I can ask for help, and nobody in my personal life has a clue.

I am taking a statistics in psychology class, and one of my problems this week is to find an example in a newspaper or magazine (online ok) of a graph that misleads by failing to use equal interval sizes or by exaggerating proportions.

I've browsed and browsed and browsed. The graphs/charts I've found don't seem to be misleading, but maybe I need to dig more on places like fox news, or yahoo news. I'm not asking anyone to find the answer for me! Maybe you can give me some idea of search term combinations or something like that that would guide me in the right direction? Or maybe you have some advice for a specific website that might be notorious for presenting misleading research?

Any help would be greatly appreciated, and again, sorry if this is any kind of T&C violation.

you simply need to refine your search on the internet..."statistical abnormalities"..."fooling people with statistics"...along those lines...think outside the box as far as search terms.

Sounds like you should choose one of many bogus presidential polls to feature in your assignment, they're all wrong.

Google Immigration graph, no doubt you will find one in a mainstream newspaper that will be garaunteed to be based on total fiction. Though Immigrants wont be getting bashed in the press for at least another year or two, im not sure which part of the cycle were on but immigrants were getting blamed for EVERYTHING not too long ago. So it may not be the trendiest subject to pick.

Failing that, paypal me 30 dollars and ill do it for you.

Check out the graphs that they use in USA today.
Think you'll find some useful stuff there.

I think you could take most any survey and show it to be skewed towards one side or the other. Especially any 'online survey' as they are typically easy to sway in whatever direction one chooses to.

It's quite similar to 'research grants', in my opinion, for the most part ... with the 'results' of said 'research' typically leaning towards some sort of preconceived or 'anticipated' outcome.

I found what I was looking for! A ridiculously simple, half as*** prepared graph on USA Today about people who use their cell phones on airplanes.

Thanks again everyone.