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Truncated Y-axis, but with female celebrities.

Why did I find this after my textbook was published? Damn it. I have a whole section about how Y-axis manipulation can make small differences look huge and then...I find this. Damn it. Source:   https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisugly/comments/1hjr01o/height_of_female_popstars/

Modal religions in American counties

I love my more elaborate examples, but this is a short, sweet, and interesting way to refresh your measures of central tendency lecture when you explain mode. I present you with the modal religions in each U.S. county: Here is a link to the  Reddit  post that introduced me to the data, and here is a link to the original data .