Intro to Biology Unit 1 (Chapter 1) The Basis of Life Graphing
How to set-up graphs… The MEAP raw scores are an important way to measure how successful we are as a school. If we examine the raw scores over the course of several years, hopefully we will see a positive pattern. Here is data from a school from Year Score
Start with a title…be specific
Lab graph Too vague Is this title good? Or too vague?
Scores Too vague Is this title good? Or too vague?
Middle School Raw Scores Good title Is this title good? Or too vague?
Middle School MEAP raw Scores Next…add labels to your graph.
Middle School MEAP Raw Scores Year Score Time units are usually placed on the X axis
Middle School MEAP Raw Scores Year Score Time Is this label good? Or too vague? Too vague
Middle School MEAP Raw Scores Year Score Time (Years) Is this label good? Or too vague? Good
Middle School MEAP Raw Scores Year Score Time (Years) M E A P T e s t S c o r e Don’t forget the Y axis. Be specific. What should the label be?
Middle School MEAP Raw Scores Year Score Time (Years) MEAP Test Score Rule Space out the numbers equally
Middle School MEAP Raw Scores Year Score Time (Years) MEAP Test Score Good or bad spacing? Bad
Middle School MEAP Raw Scores Year Score Time (Years) MEAP Test Score Good or bad spacing? Bad
Middle School MEAP Raw Scores Year Score Time (Years) MEAP Test Score Good or bad spacing? Bad
Middle School MEAP Raw Scores Year Score Time (Years) MEAP Test Score Good or bad spacing? Good
Middle School MEAP Raw Scores Year Score Time (Years) MEAP Test Score Good or bad spacing ? Bad
Middle School MEAP Raw Scores Year Score Time (Years) MEAP Test Score Good or bad spacing ? Bad
Middle School MEAP Raw Scores Year Score Time (Years) MEAP Test Score Good or bad spacing ? Good
Middle School MEAP Raw Scores Year Score Time (Years) MEAP Test Score How to choose a bar or line graph? General Rule : If you are showing changes over a period of time, you will make a line graph. General rule : If you are comparing more than one set of information, you will make a bar graph. So what should we make here?
Middle School MEAP Raw Scores Year Score Time (Years) MEAP Test Score Line Graph is best in this situation because we will track the school data over the time length of
Middle School MEAP Raw Scores Year Score Time (Years) MEAP Test Score Add a dot where the year and score meet
Middle School MEAP Raw Scores Year Score Time (Years) MEAP Test Score
Middle School MEAP Raw Scores Year Score Time (Years) MEAP Test Score
Middle School MEAP Raw Scores Year Score Time (Years) MEAP Test Score
Middle School MEAP Raw Scores Year Score Time (Years) MEAP Test Score
Middle School MEAP Raw Scores Year Score Time (Years) MEAP Test Score
Middle School MEAP Raw Scores Year Score Time (Years) MEAP Test Score
Middle School MEAP Raw Scores Year Score Time (Years) MEAP Test Score Connect the dots The data shows the MEAP scores have risen and fallen over the past years.
These are the avg. raw scores of 6 middle schools for the year Will this be a bar or line graph? School Middle School1Middle School2Middle School3Middle School4Middle School5Middle School6 MEAP score Bar Graph
Start with a title…be specific
MEAP Test Scores for 2010 What is a good title for this data? Be specific. School Middle School1Middle School2Middle School3Middle School4Middle School5Middle School6 MEAP score
MEAP Test Scores for 2010 School Middle School1Middle School2Middle School3Middle School4Middle School5Middle School6 MEAP score What is a good label for the X axis? Schools
MEAP Test Scores for 2010 School Middle School1Middle School2Middle School3Middle School4Middle School5Middle School6 MEAP score Schools What is a good label for the Y axis? M E A P t e s t s c o r e
MEAP Test Scores for 2010 School Middle School1Middle School2Middle School3Middle School4Middle School5Middle School6 MEAP score Schools Now lets number the Y axis MEAP test score
MEAP Test Scores for 2010 School Middle School1Middle School2Middle School3Middle School4Middle School5Middle School6 MEAP score Schools MEAP test score
MEAP Test Scores for 2010 School Middle School1Middle School2Middle School3Middle School4Middle School5Middle School6 MEAP score Schools MEAP test score Time to add the bars
MEAP Test Scores for 2010 School Middle School1Middle School2Middle School3Middle School4Middle School5Middle School6 MEAP score Schools MEAP test score Rule: Bar widths and spacing should be equal.
MEAP Test Scores for 2010 School Middle School1Middle School2Middle School3Middle School4Middle School5Middle School6 MEAP score Schools MEAP test score
MEAP Test Scores for 2010 School Middle School1Middle School2Middle School3Middle School4Middle School5Middle School6 MEAP score Schools MEAP test score
MEAP Test Scores for 2010 School Middle School1Middle School2Middle School3Middle School4Middle School5Middle School6 MEAP score Schools MEAP test score
MEAP Test Scores for 2010 School Middle School1Middle School2Middle School3Middle School4Middle School5Middle School6 MEAP score Schools MEAP test score
MEAP Test Scores for 2010 School Beverly Hills High School Santa Monica High School Palisades Charter High Culver City High School Mira Costa High School Venice High School MEAP score Schools MEAP test score
MEAP Test Scores for 2010 School Middle School1Middle School2Middle School3Middle School4Middle School5Middle School6 MEAP score Schools MEAP test score
MEAP Test Scores for 2010 School Middle School1Middle School2Middle School3Middle School4Middle School5Middle School6 MEAP score Schools MEAP test score What’s missing ? LABE LS BHHSSMHSPCHCCHSMCHSVHS
MEAP Test Scores for 2010 School Middle School1Middle School2Middle School3Middle School4Middle School5Middle School6 MEAP score Schools MEAP test score BHHSSMHSPCHCCHSMCHSVHS What’s wrong with this graph?
School Middle School1Middle School2Middle School3Middle School4Middle School5Middle School6 MEAP score Schools MEAP test score BHHSSMHSPCHCCHSMCHSVHS What’s wrong with this graph? MEAP Test Scores for 2010
Schools MEAP test score BHHSSMHSPCHCCHSMCHSVHS MEAP Test Scores for 2010 School Middle School1Middle School2Middle School3Middle School4Middle School5Middle School6 MEAP score What’s wrong with this graph?
MEAP Test Scores for 2010 School Middle School1Middle School2Middle School3Middle School4Middle School5Middle School6 MEAP score Schools MEAP test score BHHSSMHSPCHCCHSMCHSVHS What’s wrong with this graph?