1. Creating a picture of your data
Graphing
Creating a picture of your data

2. A graph is…
a picture of your data.
Make sure it is a clear picture that helps your reader understand your data.

3. TAIL…elements of a good graph
T = title (must name the graph)
A = axes (x and y axes for line graphs, bar graphs, histograms, scatterplots, etc)
I = intervals (fit your data to your graph using intervals that make sense. AVOID BREAKS!)
L = labels (titles for the axes otherwise we don’t know what we are looking at!)

4. Bar Graph-compare data elements

5. Double Bar Graph-compare two groups

6. Line Graph (continuous data)

7. Double Line Graph- compare 2 sets of continuous data

8. Circle Graph or Pie chart (compare to the whole)

9. Scatter plot-to show data patterns

10. Box and Whisker-shows outliers