12 FURTHER MATHEMATICS Organising and Displaying Data
Classifying Data
Types of variables: categorical and numerical
Organising and displaying categorical data: The frequency table
The bar chart
The mode One of the features of a data set that is quickly revealed with a bar chart is the mode or modal category.
What to look for in a frequency distribution of a categorical variable: writing a report
Segmented Bar Charts
Organising and displaying numerical data Frequency tables can also be used to organise numerical data. For discrete numerical data, the process exactly mirrors that for categorical data. For continuous data, some modifications need to be made because groups of data values, rather than individual values are listed.
Organising and displaying numerical data
Grouping Data
The histogram
The histogram – Graphics Calculator
What to look for in a histogram
Stem Plots
Stem Plots – Split Stems
Stem Plots – Back to Back
Dot Plots
Which Graph?
WORK TO BE COMPLETED Exercises All Questions 1A -1 E Chapter S.R.