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(Please remember TAILS we will be using it all semester long!) NBpg. 21 Graphing Skills 1 of 2 Page 8 Graph: is a visual display of information. (Please remember TAILS we will be using it all semester long!) T Title Describes your graph A Axis Independent= x, dependent =y I Interval Count by 1’s, 2’s, 5’s, 10’s… L Label Axis name and units S Scale Find the min-max values

Number of Birds that Flew by My Window During the Week Graphing Skills NBpg. 21 2 of 2 Page 8 Circle Graph (pie chart) Used to show how a fixed quantity is broken down into parts. Line Graph Shows trends or how data changes over time. Bar Graph Useful for comparing information collected by counting. Pants 8% Shirts 10% 60% Accessories Shoes 22% Number of Birds that Flew by My Window During the Week # of Birds Days of the Week # of cars Type of Car

Graphing Practice (Remember TAILS & Color it!) NBpg. 20 Graphing Practice (Remember TAILS & Color it!) Page 8 Roll the Dice 30 times Graph: Data Table: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Skittles (Ziploc bag) Graph: Data Table: Why did you choose this type of graph? EXPLAIN. Red Green Orange Yellow Purple

Axis Effect Cause D Dependent variable R Responding variable Y Y-axis M Manipulated variable I Independent variable X X-axis Effect Cause