5.1 & 5.3 “I can read, construct, and interpret frequency tables and line graphs.” “I can read and interpret increasingly complex displays of data, such as double bar graphs.”

Why do we need to learn this? Compare your grades from week to week. Shopping for Christmas you may want to compare prices for your parents. To find how things are going over a period of time. You could show how tall you are growing from year to year. How often something occurs. Ex. A baseball player always hits fast balls over the fence 7 out of 10 times. Don't pitch him a fastball! How much of the real world uses graphs. Achievement Test Scores

Vocabulary Bar Graph - uses vertical or horizontal bars to show data. Use when you want to _______ categories of data. Categories - Sports, Colors, Pets etc. COMPARING DATA Corn Cost

Double Bar Graph Uses ____ vertical or horizontal bars to compare related data, each representing a different set of data. A key is given to identify what each bar __________. COMPARING TWO FORMS OF DATA

Line Graph A graph that uses line segments to show changes in data over __________. OVER TIME Continuous Data - data that is collected over _____ and not interrupted. What are some words that would tell us to make a Line Graph?

Pictograph A __________ representing an amount . A key is used to show how much the picture represents.

Frequency Table Is used to present data in a brief and readable form (Table). It shows how _______ an item is chosen. How Frequently SOMETHING OCCURS. Tally Marks

More Vocabulary Scale - the numbers on the graph must increase by the _______ number each time. X and Y Axis Interpret - to explain the meaning of. Categorical Data - Data that is in the same category. Arranging data in particular groups or classes.

Creating a Graph Make sure you have the following: Title X and Y axis Scale Labels Right Kind of Graph

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