Graphing Vocab #1

Front

Collected information.

Back

data

Front

Horizontal number line on a coordinate plane.

Back

x-axis

Front

Vertical lines on a coordinate plane.

Back

y-axis

Front

Marks on graph axes; distance between marks is the interval.

Back

scale

Front

Difference between any two numbers on a graph scale.

Back

interval

Front

Data collected in groups or categories.

Back

Categorical data

Front

Measurable information in number form.

Back

numerical data

Front

Data collected continuously that evolves over time.

Back

data that changes over time

Front

Gathering info by asking questions.

Back

survey

Front

Graph showing data changes over time with line segments.

Back

line graph