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What Makes a Great

Graph?

By:-Harshini
-Graphs help us see and understand
information.

-They are important for

Why Graphs investigations (like science


experiments).

Matter? -Graphs make it easier to compare


and find patterns.
Key Parts of a Good Graph

Clear Title: Tells what the graph is about.

Labels: Show what the numbers mean.

Neat Lines: Make it easy to follow the data.

Colors: Use bright colors to help everyone see the differences.


-Pick what you want to compare or track
(like height or age).

-Think about what you want to learn from


the graph.

Example: Compare your friends' heights or


favorite games.

Choosing the Independent Variable: This is the variable that


you control or manipulate. It is typically plotted on
Right Variable the x-axis (horizontal axis).

Dependent Variable: This is the variable that you


measure or observe in response to changes in
the independent variable. It is usually plotted on
the y-axis (vertical axis).
-The scale tells us how big each
step is on the graph.

Picking the -Make sure it fits your data so


everything is easy to see.

Right Scale Example: If measuring height,


use 1 cm or 5 cm steps.
Overview of different graph types (bar,
pie, line etc.)

Bar graph Line Graphs

● Description: Line graphs connect


Description: Bar graphs display data with
rectangular bars. The length of each bar individual data points with lines,
represents the value of the category. showing changes over time or
continuous data.
Use Cases: Best for comparing discrete ● Use Cases: Ideal for displaying trends,
categories. For example, comparing the heights such as tracking the temperature over
of different friends or the sales figures of various a week or monitoring stock prices.
products. ● Advantages: Clearly shows trends and
patterns; effective for representing data
Advantages: Easy to read and interpret; great
that changes over time.
for showing differences between categories.
Pie Charts

Description: Pie charts display data as slices of a circle, with each slice
representing a proportion of the whole.

Use Cases: Best for showing percentage distributions, like the market share
of different companies or the breakdown of a budget.

Advantages: Visually appealing and intuitive for showing parts of a whole,


but less effective for comparing precise values.

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