ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Misleading graph

A misleading graph is when someone shows a graph, but the graph does not give the full picture of what is going on. For example, if someone was trying to show that their company was doing great, but they only showed a graph with one piece of the picture, like how much money the company made, it could seem like their company was doing really well, but if they showed a graph with all the pieces of the picture, like how much money the company was spending, or how many employees they had, it could look much different. So, misleading graphs are when someone only shows one part of the picture, or makes it looks different than it really is.