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The document explains various methods of data collection and presentation, including bar graphs, pie charts, pictographs, and line graphs. Each method is illustrated with examples, demonstrating how to visually represent data such as favorite movie types and sales figures. The document highlights the advantages and limitations of each graphical representation.

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The document explains various methods of data collection and presentation, including bar graphs, pie charts, pictographs, and line graphs. Each method is illustrated with examples, demonstrating how to visually represent data such as favorite movie types and sales figures. The document highlights the advantages and limitations of each graphical representation.

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LESSON 2: Data Collection and Presentation

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A. Bar Graph (also called Bar Chart) is a graphical display of data using bars of
different heights.

Imagine you just did a survey of your friends to find which kind of movie they
liked best:

Table: Favorite Type of Movie


Comedy Action Romance Drama SciFi
4 5 6 1 4

We can show that on a bar graph like this:

It is a really good way to show relative sizes: we can see which types of movie are
most liked, and which are least liked, at a glance.

We can use bar graphs to show the relative sizes of many things, such as what
type of car people have, how many customers a shop has on different days and so
on.

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B. Pie Chart: a special chart that uses "pie slices" to show relative sizes of
data.

Imagine you survey your friends to find the kind of movie they like best:

Table: Favorite Type of Movie


Comedy Action Romance Drama SciFi
4 5 6 1 4

You can show the data by this Pie Chart:

It is a really good way to show relative sizes: it is easy to see which movie types are most liked, and which are
least liked, at a glance.

C. A Pictograph is a way of showing data using images.

Each image stands for a certain number of things.


Example: Apples Sold

Here is a pictograph of how many apples were sold at the local shop over 4 months:

Note that each picture of an apple means 10 apples (and the half-apple picture means
5 apples).

So the pictograph is showing:

• In January 10 apples were sold


• In February 40 apples were sold
• In March 25 apples were sold
• In April 20 apples were sold

It is a fun and interesting way to show data.

But it is not very accurate: in the example above we can't show just 1 apple sold, or 2
apples sold etc.

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D. Line Graph: a graph that shows information that is connected in some
way (such as change over time)

You are learning facts about dogs, and each day you do a short test to see how
good you are. These are the results:

Table: Facts I got Correct


Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4
3 4 12 15

And here is the same data as a Line Graph:

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