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Path-Marking Mechanisms

June 6, 2018Original blog post

Hansel and Gretel as a data display: snapping twigs beat bread crumbs on every measure, but Hansel insists on bread crumbs anyway.

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[Title] "Path-Marking Mechanisms" [Bar chart comparing snapping twigs vs. leaving bread crumbs on Durability, Food Conservation, Inconspicuousness; twigs win every category] Hansel: "I don't care, Gretel! It's bread-crumbs or I'm gone!"

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2018-06-06-path-marking-mechanisms/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Topics
Statistics › Data Displays › Bar Graphs
Level
ElementaryMiddle SchoolHigh School
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Literature & MythVisual ExplanationsFood