Graphing Basics

What are graphs?

• An image

• A visual representation of data

• Lines

• Data

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What does a graph allow us to see?

• Lines

• Data

• Patterns and trends

• Numbers

What types of graphs are there?

• Scatterplots

• Line Graphs

• Pie Charts

• Bar Graphs

What do line graphs show?

• Relationship between 2 variables

• Parts of a whole

• Change over time

• Compares multiple groups

What graph is needed to show the amount of rainfall over a 12 month period?

• Bar graph

• Line graph

• Scatterplot

• Pie chart

The Y-Axis is which line?

• Vertical (up and down)

• Horizontal (left and right)

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What are intervals?

• The pattern you number the axis with

• The numbers on the axis

• The variables

Labels show the name of the X & Y axis. Where can we find those labels?

• Google

• The research

• The data table

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