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A GRAPH IS USED TO CONVEY
INFORMATION about statistical data. When choosing a graph, the
designer must decide who their audience will be and what they
are trying to show. The concepts and display of the graph must
be appropriate for the intended audience. The graph format depends
on the type of statistical data to be represented.
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Percent & Proportional Data
- Shows a whole divided into parts
- How the parts relate to each other
- How each part relates to the whole
- Use divided bar or pie graphs
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(Click above to see a graph
with the answers.)
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(Click above to see a graph
with the answers.)
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Quantitative Data
- Shows how much or how many
- Used for comparison of categories
- Use visual table, line, bar, side-by-side graphs
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Change OverTime
- To illustrate changes during specified time periods
- Use when vertical axis is a continuous scale
- Not to show precise values
- Use line, stack bars, layer graphs
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(Click above to see a graph
with the answers.)
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