Graphing Data

Now the data can be organized and displayed using a variety of methods:

Frequency Distribution is a chart which includes how many of each piece of data

A histogram is a bar chart displaying the frequency on the vertical, with the classes on the horizontal

A frequency polygon is a line graph, similar to the histogram. Often the ends of the graph are connected to the x-axis.

A pie chart is a circular graph, often used for comparing parts of the data to all of the data.

The following video goes over creating the above graphs in MS Excel 2010 and is about 5 minutes

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The following video goes over creating and editing graphs in MS Excel 2013 and is about 4.5 minutes

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A Stem and Leaf Display is a chart which lists each piece of data

The following video goes over Stem and Leaf Display and is about 3.5 minutes