Communicating with Graphs
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Communicating with Graphs
A visual display of information of data
Presenting/Organizing Data Scientists organize their data by
using tables and graphs Visuals that make reading data,
finding patterns or trends easier.
Graphs
3 major graphs: Line graph Bar graph Pie graph
Line Graphs
Used best for displaying data that change over a range
Usually has 2 variables: Independent: choose the intervals
and usually made with the x-axis Dependent: depends on what
happens in the experiment and usually made with the y-axis
Line Chart
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Bar Graphs
Useful when you want to compare data for several different individual items or events
Makes it clearer how large or small the difference in individual values are
Bar Chart #1
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Bar Chart #2
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Pie Charts/Graphs
Useful for displaying data that are parts of a whole
Represented by percents
Pie Chart
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