ANALYZING DATA DISPLAYS

ANALYZING DATA DISPLAYS

By MARIA RODRIGUEZ

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

It is important that you can read and understand various types of graphs. When analyzing data displays, be sure to read any titles or labels and pay attention to the scales used on the axes.

ANALYZE THE INFORMATION.

ANSWER:

​How many people ages 70 or older had a net worth of at least $4.5 billion?

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​HISTOGRAM

Multiple Choice

How many people ages 70 or older had a net worth of at least $4.5 billion?

• 3

• 36

• 65

• 70-99

ANALYZE THE INFORMATION.

ANSWER:

​​What is the approximate range of the ages of the billionaires shown in the histogram?

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​HISTOGRAM

Multiple Choice

What is the approximate range of the ages of the billionaires shown in the histogram?

• 99

• 30

• 7

• 69

ANALYZE THE INFORMATION.

ANSWER:

​​​How many people ages 50 – 69 had a net worth of at least $4.5 bilion?

​HISTOGRAM

Multiple Choice

How many people ages 50 – 69 had a net worth of at least $4.5 bilion?

• 77

• 34

• 43

• 2

CIRCLE GRAPHS​

A circle graph shows how a set of data is divided into parts.  ​

The entire circle contains 100% of the data.  

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Each sector represents one part of the data set.

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Some text here about the topic of discussion

Multiple Choice

How many of the bicycles purchased were hybrid bikes? (in total 16.6 million were sold)

• 9

• 1/5

• 1,494,000

• 900,000

Multiple Choice

How many of the 16.6 million bicycles purchased were not comfort bicycles?

• 79%

• 7,900,000

• 1/5

• 13,114,000

MISLEADING GRAPHS​

Open Ended

Explain how is this graph misleading (confusing).

Open Ended

Explain how is this graph misleading.

Open Ended

Explain how this sentence is misleading: "4 out 5 dentists surveyed preferred UltraClean toothpaste"

Open Ended

Do you remember seeing any ad with graphs or statistics information? Do you remember if it was misleading?