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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 kind of data use pie graph?
For any data that can be best expressed as percentages of a whole, a pie chart or pie graph is appropriate.
What is the meaning of a straight line graph?
A graph which comes out as a straight line. This is usually in the form y = mx + b where b is the y co-ordinate where the line crosses the y-axis, and m is the gradient (rise divided by run/height divided by length).
A graph of this type will always be going up (as in /) as it has positive gradient (thusly, one of negative gradient will be going downwards (\ so to speak).
What does the slope of a straight line graph tell you?
It tells you the relationship between the X value and the Y value is constant.
What are pie graphs used for and what does the pie represent?
It is called a pie chart because it is circular... like a pie. They are used for math, statistics, and algebra. The pie represents it being a whole.
How are bar graphs and line graphs and circle graphs different?
circle graphs add up to 100% , bar and line graphs don't
When would you choose a line graph to present data?
When i am showing changes that occur in related variables
Why circle chart called pie chart?
Because the whole is round, like some pies, and the sections are shaped like the pieces of a pie.
Why do you think graphs are a useful way to display information?
A majority of people find it easier to grasp visual information rather than tables of numbers.
It would be a horizontal straight line, extending without end in both directions.
The rise and the run.
When should a circle or pie graph be used?
These should be used when data is in a percentage - for example, if 50% of high school students like water with breakfast, 39% prefer orange juice, and 11% like nothing, you can cut up your circle into said percentages, like a pie.
What the difference between a pictograph and a bar graph?
pictographs have pictures
bar graphs have bars
Why don't bars touch on a bar graph?
The question is misguided because bars CAN, and often do, touch.
Every pie chart has the same scale: " 360 degrees = the total of all categories "
How do you find the scale of a pie chart?
There is no need for a scale on a pie chart because the sizes of the slices are proportional to the percentage of the quantity pictured by the graph.
the frequency is less than OR EQUAL TO the cumulative frequency
Pie graph of Washington main goods?
i think the main good of Washington state is apples. im only little so be glad i know something. if this ain't enough Google it.
