DATA: Collect, Organize, and Interpret
Tally Charts
Organizes data collected in a
Survey; uses tally marks
Students were surveyed about
the food they liked, and then it
was organized into a tally chart.
Conclusion: More than twice the number of students like pizza than hot
dogs.
Tables
Organizes data collected in a
Survey; uses numbers
Students were surveyed about
the types of pets they have,
and then it was organized into
a table.
Conclusion: The fewest number of students have reptiles or another type of
pet.
Line Graphs
Organizes information based on a
change over time.
Phillip graphed the number of push
ups he did over the course of a
week.
Conclusion: He did 80 push-ups in
all that week.
Stem and Leaf Plots
A stem and leaf plot
organizes numerical data
from least to greatest.
Stem= hundreds/tens place value
Leaf= ones place value
The stem and leaf plot represents the different grades from a
science test:
72, 72, 74, 75, 76, 79, 81, 84, 85, 87, 87, 89, 90, 91, 93, 95, 98,
100, 100