1. Chapter 1 Section 4 Presenting Scientific Data

2. Organizing Data Scientists can organize their data by using data table and graphs

3. Data tables Relates the manipulated and responding variables

4. Bar Graphs Often used to compare a set of measurements

5. Circle Graphs Shows a part or share of something (often as percents) compared to the whole

6. Line graphs Shows changes that occur in related variables Manipulated on x axis Responding on y axis

7. Direct Proportion when relationship of the two is constant When one increases, the other increases too. Graph is a straight line.

8. Inverse Proportion when relationship of the two is opposite When one increases, the other decreases.

10. Communicating Data Scientists can communicate results by writing in scientific journals, speaking at conferences, or through conversations, e-mails, and web sites. Scientists also invite feedback from those peers. Peer review encourages comments, suggestions, questions, and criticism from other scientists. Peer review can also determine if data were reported accurately and honestly.