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The document outlines various types of graphs used to represent data, including line graphs, bar graphs, histograms, frequency tables, line plots, stem-and-leaf plots, circle graphs, and box-and-whisker plots. Each type of graph serves a specific purpose, such as displaying continuous data, comparing categories, or showing relationships of parts to a whole. Key features of these graphs, such as intervals and quartiles, are also described.

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The document outlines various types of graphs used to represent data, including line graphs, bar graphs, histograms, frequency tables, line plots, stem-and-leaf plots, circle graphs, and box-and-whisker plots. Each type of graph serves a specific purpose, such as displaying continuous data, comparing categories, or showing relationships of parts to a whole. Key features of these graphs, such as intervals and quartiles, are also described.

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Math 6 NOTES Name ______________________________________

Types of Graphs: Different Ways to Represent Data

Line Graphs
• Line graphs are used to display continuous data.

• Line graphs can be useful in predicting future


events when they show trends over time.

Bar Graphs

• Bar graphs are used to display


categories of data.

• A bar graph is one method of


comparing data by using solid
bars to represent unique
quantities.

Histograms

• A special kind of bar graph that uses bars to


represent the frequency of numerical data
that have been organized into intervals.

• Because the intervals are all equal, all of the


bars have the same width

• Because the intervals are continuous


(connected; ongoing), there is no space between the bars.
Frequency Table

• Frequency tables show the


number of pieces of data that fall
within given intervals.

Line Plot

• Line plots are diagrams that show the frequency of data on a


number line. An “x” is placed above a number on a number line
each time that data value occurs.

Stem and Leaf Plot


• In a stem-and-leaf plot, the data are organized from least to
greatest. The digits of the least place value form the leaves, and the
next place value digits form the stems.

Circle Graph

• Circle graphs are used to


show a relationship of the
parts to a whole.
• Percentages are used to show
how much of the whole each
category occupies.

Box and Whisker Plot

• A box-and-whisker plot is a diagram that summarizes data by


dividing it into four parts (quartiles).
• Box and whiskers show us the spread (range) and median (middle) of the
data.

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