Graphing Review

Graphing Review

Collecting Data

• can be facts or statistics gathered by a scientist

• This data must be analyzed

• there are many different tolls and techniques used to record information

Multiple Choice

What is data?

• tools and techniques used to record information

• facts or statistics that must be analyzed

Qualitative Data

• DESCRIPTIVE information gained by observing something

• example: a zoologist may observe a lion's behavior-noting how it appears to feel and act throughout a given day

Poll

Which of the following types of data would be considered QUALITATIVE?

• happiness rating

• eye color

• distance of planets

• describing temperature (very hot/cold)

• height of a building

Quantitative Data

• numerical (NUMBERS) and objective

• example: a neuroscientist might record the number of hours his patient sleeps during a sleep study

Poll

Which of the following types of data would be considered quantitative?

• weight of sumo wrestlers

• age of Olympians

• Times of racecar drivers

• color of the leaves during different seasons

Data Table

• shows how data relates to each other by placing them next to each other in rows and columns.

Bar Graph

shows how two different pieces of information relate to each other.

Circle Graph

compares parts to a whole-the whole "pie" represents all of the data combined, and each slide of the "pie" represents one part of the data.

Line Graph

Shows how something changes over time.

Multiple Choice

Which type of graph compares parts to a whole?

• line graph

• bar graph

• circle graph

Multiple Choice

Which type of graph compares data in different categories?

• line graph

• bar graph

• circle graph

Multiple Choice

Which type of graph represents data that changes over time?

• line graph

• bar graph

• circle graph