Activity 1
Creating a bar graph
1.
Using the interest inventory data, sort your assigned set of data and
construct a bar graph.
2.
Record the fractional part of the data represented by each bar of the
graph.
3.
Transfer your bar graph to large graph paper.
• Make sure that the height of the graph will accommodate a
length equal to the total number polled. For example, if you have
19 surveys, make sure you draw your bar graph so that 19 is
represented on the vertical axis.
• Draw each bar two inches wide.
• Color each bar a different color.
4.
What conclusions can you draw from your bar graph?
5.
Are any of your bars close to a common fractional part of the whole
set of data?
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