Data Vocabulary

A part of a graph that explains symbols

• bar graph

• key

• data

• scale

A graph that uses pictures to show and compare information

• bar graph

• dot plot

• pictograph

• frequency table

Numbers that label a graph

• key

• data

• scale

• survey

To ask questions or opinions of a group

• key

• data

• scale

• survey

From Top to Bottom or up and down

• bar graph

• survey

• horizontal

• vertical

A graph that uses bars to show data

• bar graph

• dot plot

• pictograph

• frequency table

Information collected about something

• data

• scale

• survey

• key

A graph that records data on a number line

• bar graph

• dot plot

• pictograph

• frequency table

A table that uses numbers to record data

• bar graph

• dot plot

• pictograph

• frequency table

From left to right along the horizon

• Vertical

• Horizontal

• key

• dot plot