Creating Data Tables and Graphs

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Creating Data Tablesand Graphs
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--All data tables and graphs must have titles.
--Units should also be included (where
appropriate).
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Data Tables
Calories Burned in 30 Minutes of Activity
Body Mass (kg) Bicycling (calories) Basketball (calories) Sitting (calories)
30 60 120 21
40 77 164 27
50 95 206 33
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Data Tables

• Data tables are used to organize and record
  measurements that you make.
• Include columns and rows. Those are labeled and
  include units.

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Data Tables
Calories Burned in 30 Minutes of Activity
Body Mass (kg) Bicycling (calories) Basketball (calories) Sitting (calories)
30 60 120 21
40 77 164 27
50 95 206 33
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Bar and Line Graphs

• Horizontal axis is the x-axis, vertical axis is
  the y-axis

Y (responding variable)
X (manipulated variable)
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Bar and Line Graphs

• Make sure the each axis is labeled
• The vertical axis (y-axis) should be labeled with
  the responding variable, the horizontal axis
  (x-axis) should be labeled with the manipulated
  variable
• Include units

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Line Graphs
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Line Graphs

• Used to display data that shows how one variable
  (the responding variable) changes in response to
  another variable (the manipulated variable)

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Bar Graphs
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Bar Graphs

• Used to display data in a number of separate
  categories
• The lengths of the bars are used to represent and
  compare data.

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Double Bar Graphs
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Double Bar Graphs

• Used to display data 2 sets of data. The two
  bars of each measurement are shown next to each
  other.

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Pie Charts
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Pie Charts

• Used to display data in a number of separate
  categories
• Circle graphs can only be used when the data can
  be expressed as percentages of a whole.