What type of data sets are bar graphs used to display?
bar graph can dispay things people like for example favourite sports one bar for each sport (soccer, hockey, football, basket ball, baseball etc.)
What does peak mean when using line graphs?
The peak of any graph is the highest point (usually in the y direction). The peak is the maximum value.
What is a line of best fit on a line graph?
The line that minimized the sum of the squares of the diffences of each point from the line is the line of best fit.
Is a column and bar graph the same?
Yes - in the usual orientation of bar graphs. However, bar graphs can be horizontal.
How can you use as bar graph to determine which state had the least number of votes?
The answer depends on what the bars show. If they are the percentage shares of total votes that were cast for one party (or candidate) then you cannot.
A bar graph is a collection of data, put in a table- in the form of bars. The graph will have information on the bottom-top, and either side.
How do you make a triple bar graph with excel?
First, you enter your data into the entry boxes on the spreadsheet. You highlight it all but the title. Then, go up to the taskbar and choose ChartWizard. Chhose the type of graph you would like (In this case, bar) and enter the data it asks for from there.
Why are line graphs important?
line graphs are important to diferenciate records and to make sure that the data is not mixed up or duplicated
How are the pieces of a pie chart related to relative frequency?
The pieces of a pie chart represent the parts of a whole, as does relative frequency. The total of the entire pie chart should be 100% or 360 degrees. The sum of the relative frequencies should also equal 100%.
What are three advantages in using a histogram?
three advantages are to separate the graphs oh and by the way this answer is wrong nut rest in peace trayvon martin you have changed the world history and george zimmerman will be locked up
What is a sentence for the word line graph?
today i will be making a line graph for how much money i made during the week.
What are some things to remember when determining the interval for a histogram?
Make sure intervals start low enough to include the minimum value and extend high enough to include the maximum value. The intervals should not overlap or have any gaps. Between 5 and 10 intervals is reasonable.Greater than 10 or fewer than 5 intervals can result in a display that is not very helpful for seeing patterns in the data.
Why is it important to display data using a histogram?
It makes Data simpler to compare as opposed to a chart
How do you make a histogram for a data set?
A histogram is basically a bar graph but no spaces in between. That is what I was taught at school a few years ago. But here is a source to check out.
How do circle and line graphs carry information differently?
A circle graph show what percent of a whole category a specific item takes, like 50% of horses are brown, that would take up half of the circle graph. A line graph usually shows an amount of something that changes over time, and that's why the line sort of lookes like a lightning bolt. (wierd way to describe it) The points and lines are connected, the points are over a date (usually)
What sets of data would best be shown as a bar graph?
Lets say how many people like the water slide than the wave pool. if 10 people like the wave pool and 30 people like the water slide then thats what you would put down on the bar graph.
Does a pie chart in excel compare distinct unrelated objects or trends?
Pie charts are not normally used for trends.
It is very similar to a bar graph, but it compares two variables under the same conditions multiple times. (Assuming that makes sense)
Let's say you are creating a bargraph that has movie genres on the x axis (romance, horror, etc. ) and Ticket sales on the y-axis.
That would be ok, but you coiuld also compare men and women if you want.
So, for every category, you have two bar graphs side by side, one represents males and other females.