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Lesson 1.2 %u2022 Displaying Categorical Data 19 There are two important lessons to be learned from this example: (1) beware the pictograph and (2) watch those scales.caution! YO U R TU R N LE SSO N 1. 2 Which cell phone speaks to you? The Pew Research Center asked a random sample of 1502 U.S. adults about their cell phone ownership. The frequency table summarizes their responses. 12 Type of cell phone Frequency None 54 Cell phone, not smartphone 171 Smartphone 1277 Total 1502 1. Make a bar chart to display the distribution of phone ownership for the 1502 people in the sample. Describe what you see. 2. The side-by-side bar chart displays the distribution of cell phone ownership for each of four age groups in the sample. Compare the distributions. 18%u201329010203040506070809010030%u201349 50%u201364 65+Age groupPercentPhone ownershipNo cell phone Cell phone, not smartphoneSmartphone3. Refer to Question 1. How could someone modify the graph you made to create a misleading graph that exaggerates the difference between smartphones and the other types of phones? adamkaz/Getty Images%u00a9 Bedford, Freeman & Worth Publishers. For review purposes only. Do not distribute.