English: Misuse of statistics: axis change can change the perception of the increase. Time series: 40, 50. R code:

> png("misusestatistics_0001.png")
> par(mfrow=c(1,2))
>barplot(c(40,50),xlab="Salmentak",col=c("blue"),cex.lab=1.5,las=1,cex.axis=1.5,ylim=c(35,50),xpd=FALSE)
> axis(1,at=seq(1,2),labels=c(2010,2011),cex.axis=1.3)
>barplot(c(40,50),xlab="Salmentak",col=c("blue"),cex.lab=1.5,las=1,cex.axis=1.5)
> axis(1,at=seq(1,2),labels=c(2010,2011),cex.axis=1.3)
> dev.off()