Types of Graphs

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What is a bar graph?

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A bar graph is a visual representation of data using bars of different heights or lengths to compare quantities across categories.

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What is a line graph?

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A line graph is a type of chart that displays information as a series of data points called 'markers' connected by straight line segments.

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What is a pie chart?

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A pie chart is a circular statistical graphic divided into slices to illustrate numerical proportions.

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What is a histogram?

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A histogram is a graphical representation of the distribution of numerical data, showing the number of data points that fall within a specified range of values.

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What is a scatter plot?

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A scatter plot is a graph that uses dots to represent the values obtained for two different variables - one plotted along the x-axis and the other plotted along the y-axis.

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What is the purpose of a box plot?

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A box plot, or box-and-whisker plot, is used to display the distribution of a dataset based on a five-number summary: minimum, first quartile, median, third quartile, and maximum.

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What does the median represent in a data set?

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The median is the middle value of a data set when it is ordered from least to greatest, dividing the data into two equal halves.

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How do you find the mode of a data set?

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The mode is the value that appears most frequently in a data set.

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What is the range of a data set?

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The range is the difference between the highest and lowest values in a data set.

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What is a frequency distribution?

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A frequency distribution is a summary of how often each value occurs in a dataset.