Bar Graphs

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Bar Graph or Double Bar Graph (REVIEW)

• A bar graph uses length of bars to represent numbers and COMPARE data.

• In some cases, the use of a pair of bars to compare data is more useful. This kind of graph is called a double bar graph.

How do you make a bar graph?1. Create a title2. Draw an x and y axis (LABEL what each one represents!)3. Plot the information given onto the graph

Example: Last week’s temperatures in degrees Fahrenheit were:Monday- 45 Tuesday- 60 Wednesday- 48 Thursday- 55 Friday- 56 Saturday- 68 Sunday- 70

Let’s make that into a bar graph.

It should look like this:

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Last Week's Temperatures

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Double Bar Graphs

How do you make a double bar graph?

A double bar graph is used to compare two things at once using the same graph. To create a double bar graph you have to…

1. Create a title2. Draw an x and y axis

(LABEL what each one represents!)

3. Make a key to represent what each of the different bars stand for

4. Plot the information given onto the graph

Last week’s temperatures in degrees Fahrenheit were:

Monday- 45 Tuesday- 60 Wednesday- 48 Thursday- 55 Friday- 56 Saturday- 68 Sunday- 70

Last week’s temperature in degrees Celsius were

Monday- 7Tuesday- 16Wednesday- 9Thursday- 12Friday- 13Saturday- 20Sunday- 21

It should look like this:

Monday

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Thursday

Friday

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Sunday

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FahrenheitCelsius

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Based on the graph answer these questions:

1. Which day of the week was the hottest in degrees Fahrenheit?2. Which day of the week was the coldest in degrees Celsius?

Histograms

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Histogram (REVIEW)• Histograms show how often data falls into

different ranges or intervals.

How do you make a histogram?

Histograms are VERY similar to bar graphs and double bar graphs but:• There are NO gaps between the bars in a histogram.• The x axis is measured in intervals or ranges.

1. Make a title2. Draw an x and y axis (LABEL what

each one represents!)3. Make sure your x axis is in intervals4. Plot the information given onto the

graph

EXAMPLE:You asked customers who bought one of the blue dresses how old they were. The ages were from 5 to 25 years old. You decide to put the results into groups of 5. Then you put the data you collected onto a histogram.

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Blue Dress Poll