Interpreting Data

What does the letter M represent in this graph?

• Independent Variable

• Dependent Variable

• Side axis

• Bottom axis

What does the letter N represent in this graph?

• Independent Variable

• Dependent Variable

• Side axis

• Bottom axis

What is the dependent variable in this graph?

• Year

• Number of Visitors

• 1997

• Number of visitors (in thousands)

What is the independent variable in this graph?

• Year

• Countries

• Age

• Life expectancy from birth

What is the dependent variable in this graph?

• Countries

• Trend in Carbon Dioxide Emissions

• Year

• Million Metric Tons of Carbon Dioxide per Year

Approximately how much were the gas prices on the orange line graph for the year 2011?

• 8.9

• 13.2

• 4

• 13.7

What would you predict the electricity prices to be in 2019 based on this graph?

• 5.2

• 5.9

• 4.5

• 14.8

Which statement is the best conclusion for the data provided?

• The surface temperature of the water is affected by the month of the year.

• The temperature of the water changes

• The temperature of the water drops by 20 C in December

• The month of the year is affected by the surface temperature of the water.

What can you infer from this graph? Select the best statement.

• The USA total Fertility rate is greatly increasing every 10 years after 1955.

• The USA total fertility rate is consistently going down every year.

• The last 40 years have seen the smallest amount of growth in the total USA fertility rate.

• Women are producing less children because they want to save money.

Read the following question and identify the dependent variable.

How does the amount of sleep in hours affect a student's grade percentage?

• Amount of sleep

• Amount of sleep in hours

• Student's grade

• Student's grade percentage