Types of Graphs

Graphs are used in newspapers, magazines, history books, and science texts. Graphs are a great way to show a lot of information.

Objectives

Purpose of Graphs
To show a visual picture of the data in order to quickly come to a conclusion.

Parts of a Graph
Just like your body must have all of its parts to work properly, a graph must also have all of its parts to be complete.

Parts of a Graph
SCALES

TITLE

LABEL

Parts of a Graph
TITLE a few key words that explain what the graph is all about LABELS this tell what kind of data is shown SCALES shows the units in the bar graph

Circle Graph

Circle Graphs
also called pie charts suitable for showing data that are parts of a whole used to compare parts of data to the whole data many times the fractional parts are different colors and a key explains the colors.

Favorite Subject of Grade 7 Students

Math

Elective English 12% 12%

Computer 16%

4% Science 10%

Religion 6%

AP 10%

MAPEH 16% TLE 10%

Filipino 4%

Ages of CoEd Students

22 Above 10%
20- 21 19%

16 - 17 39%

18- 19 32%

BAR GRAPH

Bar Graph
a graphical display of data using bars of different heights the bars can be vertical (up and down), or horizontal (across). suitable for make comparisons among data Double bar graphssuitable for comparing two sets of data

Scores in Monthly Test (Elective)

92 90 88 86 84 82 80 78 76

74
72

Student 1 Student 2 Student 3 Student 4 Scores in Monthly Test (Elective)

Students Scores in Monthly and Periodical Exams (Elective)

95

90

85

80

75

70 Student 1 Student 2 Student 3 Periodical Test Student 4 Monthly Test

Line Graph

Line Graph
is used to show continuing data; how one thing is affected by another.

Mary Anne's Savings within the Week

35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0
Monday Tuesday 0 Wednesday 10 15 30 25

Thursday

Friday

Mary Anne's Savings within the Week

Quiz Scores (November 18-22)

16 14 12 10 10 8 6 4 2 0 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Genesis Juan Miguel Nio Friday 9 8 7 6 5 5 7 13 13 11 10 15

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Picture Graphs

Picture Graph
A picture graph or pictogram has the following key features:
it has an easily recognizable picture or symbols to represent the data a key or scale is included to show the value of each symbol

Funds Raised by the Grade 7 Pupils

= P100

= P50

7 - Joy 7- Faith

7- Love
7- Truth

Number of Books Donated

= 10 books

7 - Joy 7- Faith

7- Love
7- Truth

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