Graphing Skills

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What type of graph is best for showing 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 in a graph?

Back

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

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When should a bar graph be used?

Back

When comparing data between different groups of categories.

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What is a variable?

Back

Anything in an experiment that can change and can affect the outcome of the experiment.

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What does a pie chart represent?

Back

A pie chart shows parts of a whole as slices of a circle.

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What is the purpose of a line graph?

Back

To show changes over time.

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What is the x-axis?

Back

The horizontal line on a graph, typically representing the independent variable.

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What is the y-axis?

Back

The vertical line on a graph, typically representing the dependent variable.

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What type of data is best represented by a scatter plot?

Back

Data that shows the relationship between two numerical variables.

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What does it mean to label a graph?

Back

To provide titles and labels for the axes and data points to clarify what the graph represents.