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Funny graphs - from GraphJam

By Murray Bourne, 31 Jan 2011

GraphJam uses pie charts, histograms and Venn diagrams to give us some really funny insights into the human condition.

Here is a sampling of their more family-friendly graphs:

falling asleep

 

computer issues

 

taste like chicken

 

textbook coverage

 

people who find you on facebook

 

tired

 

What GraphJam is doing in these graphs could be a great concept for a class project in statistics - to encourage students to be creative (almost always missing in math classes), have fun making others laugh, and learn something about expressing statistics in a visual way.

I'll feature some more of these graphs in a later article.

Disclaimer: GraphJam is not always a family-friendly site. With that in mind, here is their link: Graphjam.

See the 3 Comments below.

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3 Comments on “Funny graphs - from GraphJam”

  1. ritesh says:
    11 Feb 2011 at 11:07 pm [Comment permalink]

    interesting graphs.good way to love math

  2. Anil says:
    12 Feb 2011 at 4:43 pm [Comment permalink]

    So simple yet true.Did make it look interesting for even those who hate Maths.

  3. Funny graphs « garysmathsblog says:
    18 May 2011 at 2:32 am [Comment permalink]

    [...] out some funny graphs at GraphJam.  Go and check it [...]

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