U3 Choosing Best Graph Type

Which graph would be best for showing the stock market rates of a company over a year's time?

• scatter plot

• line graph

• bar graph

• pie graph

Which graph is best for identifying relationships or patterns between two variables?

• pie graph

• scatter plot

• bar graph

• histogram

Which graph lets you predict potential future data points?

• scatter plot

• bar graph

• histogram

• line graph

If a research scientist wanted to show the percentage of time one person spent listening to different music artists each day. 2 ANSWERS

• line graph

• bar graph

• histogram

• pie graph

If some collected how many people fit into different shoe sizes and show how many people fit each different size.

• histogram

• scatter plot

• pie graph

• line graph

If Mr. K wanted to show how two measured variables from an experiment may have a relationship/correlation with each other.

• scatter plot

• histogram

• line graph

• bar graph

If I wanted to see how many students out of a high school watched the NBA Finals .

• bar graph

• scatter plot

• line graph

• pie graph

If the Pistons wanted to display the number of points scored by different players on the Pistons - 2 ANSWERS

• bar graph

• pie graph

• data table

• histogram

If I wanted to show how number of text messages sent per month varied(changed) over time.

• bar graph

• line graph

• histogram

• pie graph

Which type of graph is best for displaying percentages and proportions? 2 ANSWERS

• scatter plot

• data table

• pie graph

• bar graph