Graphing Skills

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What type of graph is best to show how many of your classmates were born in each month of the year?

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Bar graph

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What is the dependent variable on a graph?

Back

The variable that depends on other factors, often represented on the y-axis.

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What is a data table?

Back

Any display of information in tabular form, with rows and or columns named.

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When should a line graph be used?

Back

When showing continuous change.

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What does the x-axis typically represent in a graph?

Back

The x-axis usually shows the independent variable, often time.

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What is a bar graph?

Back

A visual tool that uses bars to compare data among categories.

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What is a line graph?

Back

A visual tool that uses lines to show changes over time.

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What is a circle graph (pie chart)?

Back

A visual tool that shows parts of a whole as slices of a circle.

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What is the purpose of a scatter plot?

Back

To show the relationship between two variables.

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What is the y-axis in a graph?

Back

The vertical axis that typically represents the dependent variable.