Graph Types
When constructing this data
display remember to include…
Types of Data Displays
Use this data display to…
Tally Charts
• graph title
• categories
• vertical lines with every
fifth line forming a
diagonal over the four
previously marked lines.
• transfer tally information
to a frequency table
• collect information from
a science experiment,
votes, & data surveys
Frequency Tables
Same criteria as Tally Charts
• collect information from
a science experiment,
votes, & data surveys
Bar Graphs
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graph title
label for each bar
scale
x-axis
y-axis
title for horizontal and
vertical title
• graph data correctly
• draw and label information
neatly
• show comparisons
between data
Same criteria as Bar Graphs
• present and compare
data on one graph
N umber of dri nks sol d
coffee
tea
orang e
rootbeer
col a
l emonade
0
1
2
3
4
Double Bar Graphs
Numbe r of Gi rls & Boys Enro lled at
Burns Elem enta ry Scho ol
500
400
girl s
300
boys
200
100
0
199 6 199 7 199 8 199 9
1
Graph Types
Types of Data Displays
Histograms
TV Watched per Week
Peop le
5
4
3
2
1
0
Fa vo rite Pizza
chees e
pe ppero ni
ba con
Line Plot
x
1
Use this data display to…
• graph title
• do not put spaces between
bars
• intervals are equal size and
do not overlap
• y-axis title is frequency
• interval title
• show frequency of one
set of data
• graph title
• segments of circle labels
• each segment is
represented
proportionately to the
whole and adds up to 100%
• graph title
• legend or key
• show part of a whole,
usually represented by
fractions or percentages
• plot title
• number line
• stack X’s above each data
value on the number line
• show the shape of the
data set
• easily shows the mode
• correct title
• correct vertical/horizontal
labels
• plot the two sets of data as
an ordered pair
• show the relationship
(correlation) between
two sets of data
8-11 12-1 5 16-1 9 20-2 3
Hours
Pie Charts
x
0
When constructing this data
display remember to include…
Hours Spent Sleeping for 36 Eighth Graders
x
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x
x
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x
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9 10 11 12
Height
Scatterplot
Years of Math Education
2
Graph Types
When constructing this data
display remember to include…
Types of Data Displays
Stem and Leaf Plot
Ages of 20th Century
Presidents at Inauguration
4
2, 3, 6
5
1, 1, 1, 2, 4, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6
6
0, 1, 2, 4, 9
Key: 4|2 means 42 years
Line Graph
50
45
Avera ge
40
Te mpera ture
35
fo r
Fe bruary 30
25
20
94
95
96
97
• correct title
• correct labels for the
vertical columns
• leaves are ordered from
the least to the greatest
• stems are ordered from
the least to the greatest
• vertical line divides the
stem and leaves
• legend or key
• a way to organize a great
deal of data and show
the shape of the data
• correct title
• correct vertical/horizontal
labels
• scale
• use a solid line with
continuous data
• use a dotted line with
discrete data
• graph data over time
Same criteria as Line Graphs
• compare two sets of
data that change over
time
• draw diagrams inside a box
• title of regions need to be
included in the region
• title of Venn diagram is
written on top of the box
• sort and compare
98
Double Line Graph
Avera ge Tempe rature
85
80
75
70
65
60
Use this data display to…
19 97
Dec.
Nov.
Oct.
Sept.
19 98
Venn Diagram
Rock
Rap
80
25
15
10
25
40
5
Country
3