8th Grade NOS Unit #1 Name the graph

NAME THE GRAPH

What do Data Displays tell us?

We can use data to help us understand something

better. Different data displays, graphs or charts,

are suited to different types of information.

Do you know the names of the following basic data

display types?

CAN YOU TAKE ON THE CHALLENGE?

Multiple Choice

What is the graph called?

• pie chart
  
  
  

• dot plot

• histogram

• bar graph/bar
  chart

Multiple Choice

What is this graph called?

• box & whisker plot
  

• donut graph
  

• pie chart
  

• pictogram

Multiple Choice

What is this graph called?

• pictogram
  

• dot plot
  

• pie chart
  

• line graph

Multiple Choice

What type of graph is this?

• pictogram
  

• line graph
  

• pie chart
  

• histogram

Multiple Choice

What kind of graph is this?

• rectangle graph
  

• bar chart
  

• pie chart
  

• scatter plot

What is this graph called?

a. bar graph/bar chart
b. histogram
c. pie chart
d. dot plot

Multiple Choice

What kind of graph is this?

• bar graph/bar chart
  

• histogram
  

• pie chart
  

• dot plot

read the title
look at the key
read the labels
study the graph to
understand what it shows.

To interpret a graph or chart...

1.
2.
3.
4.

Read the title of the graph

or chart.

1.

The title tells what information is being

displayed.

For example, a graph or chart of the quantity of

pants sold in June may be titled, "Number of

Plants Sold in June."

Open Ended

What would be a good title for this graph?

2. Look at the key

The key is typically in a box next to the graph or

chart.

For example, in a bar graph the blue rectangle
displays the blue pants sold per day during the
month. The red rectangle displays the red pants,

Open Ended

Using the key, what information does this graph give?

3. Read the labels

The labels tell you what variables or parameters

being displayed.

For example, in a line or bar graph of "Number of Plants
Sold in June" the x-axis might be the days of the month,

the y-axis might be the number of pants sold.

Open Ended

Reading the
labels, what
information does the graph give?

Open Ended

Reading the
labels, what
information does the graph give?

Show What You Know!

Open Ended

Using what
you have earned, give as much information
as you can
about this
line graph

Identify which dot goes with which passenger?
What two variables are being related?
Based upon the graph, is there a correlation to the two variables?
Explain your answer.

With a shoulder partner, discuss the scatter plot graph above.

Open Ended

What did you discuss in the previous slide?

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What is the story in the previous slide?

Open Ended

What is the story in the previous slide?

Draw

Make up a graph with an X and Y Axis