GRAPHING DATA RECORDING EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS
EXPERIMENTS CONTROL GROUP ALL CONDITIONS STAY THE SAME. RESULTS ARE COMPARED TO EXPERIMENTAL GROUP. EXPERIMENTAL GROUP ONE INDEPENDENT VARIABLE IS CHANGED. RESULTS ARE COMPARED TO THE CONTROL GROUP.
AXIS LABELS Y AXIS DEPENDENT VARIABLE DATA COLLECTED AND RECORDED DURING AN EXPERIMENT X AXIS INDEPENDENT VARIABLE VARIABLE BEING TESTED OR MANIPULATED
BAR GRAPH SHOWS RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN RECORDED DATA EASY TO READ DATA IS REPRESENTED BY COLUMNS
LINE GRAPH SHOWS CHANGE OVER TIME AND RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN DATA DEPENDENT VARIABLE ON Y AXIS INDEPENDENT VARIABLE ON X AXIS.
PIE CHART SHOWS PERCENT AND RELATIONSHIPS USES A KEY TO REPRESENT CATEGORIES
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CONSTRUCTING A GRAPH LABEL X AND Y AXIS DECIDE ON A SCALE THAT MAXIMIZES THE SIZE OF THE GRAPH MAKE THE GRAPH AS LARGE AS POSSIBLE USE MULTIPLES OF 2, 5 OR 10 UNITS GIVE THE GRAPH A TITLE!