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Graphs
Graphs often collect a set of data in a group of people. There are many kinds of graphs: pie charts (circle charts), bar graphs, line graphs, data tables, pictographs, flow charts, histograms, etc.
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What is the advantage and disadvantage of a bar chart over a pie chart?
The advantage is: You can see the data clearer and is easier to draw. It helps if you use numbers that have NOT got percentages in.
The disadvantage is: If you have no choice but to use a bar chart with percentages, you'll have a difficult time trying to do it. A Pie Chart is better to use.
I hope it helps. I'm only 12 years old.
What are the differences between bar graph line graph and pie graph?
A bar graph and line graph consist of the information stored along the side and bottom lines. The difference is a bar graph goes upwards, whilst a line graph goes sidewards.
A pie chart is a circle. It is called 'pie' because if you can imagine a pie with different percentages of slices cut, it would look like a pie chart. Hope this helps!
Do white candles burn faster than color candles show a bar graph?
Yes! White candles burn faster than colored candle because colored candales is too slow to melt....
What are the advantages of using a pie graph?
The advantages are how a pie graph is used to represent a whole right? Well that is easier if you wanted to find a percentage than to do it all by hand Division math. You could estimate
Which is a disadvantage of pie charts?
Pie charts only show you the percentage, But it dose not show you the major trends in a pie chart
What is the difference between a bar graph and a tally chart?
The only thing that is dirffrent about the two graphics are the formation of them
How do you make a angle with a number for a pie chart?
the number divided by total number multiply with 360
number
-----------------*360
total number
eg;
30
------*360 =180
60 ------
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What are advantages and disadvantages of column chart and line graphs?
Colum charts and line graphs are both very handy but line charts can be made desceptive if scaling along the axis is done wrong, for example to let trendlines appear to show a much faster grow rate than it actually is. Histograms (column charts) are easy to see at once and to understand but they dont allow for performing regression or interpolation.
What jobs use some type of bar graph?
If you are in a big business, you could see what is selling. Also, if you work with Sensus or something along the lines of that you could see the popularity of a state by year.
What kind of info is best shown in a line graph?
a progressive change of one subject.
For example: your salary over time or the size of a sponge as you add drops of water.
What is the difference between axis label and a label in a bar graph?
axis labels are x and y while bar graph labels explain what the graph is representing.
How do you find the trend on a line graph?
it is a description of the Slope of the line with respect to the two variables you are plotting. In Statistics, you may be plotting AGE versus Car Mileage and a line drawn through the data is the Trend Line.
http://wiki.answers.com/What_does_a_trend_mean_on_a_line_graph#ixzz18qYakrsc
What information is shown in a bar graph?
it is the information collected by a tally chart and you but it into a bar chart
What is usually plotted on the x and y axis of a line graph?
Normally, if the graph is scientific, the x axis will be time, and the y will be what you are measuring. however this is not ALWAYS the case, and in all actuality, anything can be on the x and y axis.
Sure, on a bar graph, each bar represents a quantity of something. If the entire graph is for a certain product, then each bar could represent the quantity sold each month. Or the entire graph could be for a particular month, with each bar representing sales during that month, for different products.
When should you break the vertical axis of a bar graph?
When the horizontal variable goes from positive to negative.
