A2 RESEARCH - graphs/tables - report

Question 1

what are the types of graphs?

Answer 1

histograms
bar charts
scattergraphs

Question 2

what is a bar chart?

Answer 2

bars separate & axis x is catgegories not continuous

Question 3

when is bar chart likely to be used?

Answer 3

discontinuous data, nominal, chi squared

Question 4

what is a histogram?

Answer 4

bars together, the axis x is numbers continuous data -ordinal/ interval data

Question 5

when is a histogram likely to be used?

Answer 5

continuous data, ordinal/interval, mann whitneyy and wilcoxon

Question 6

what is a scattergraph?

Answer 6

both axis + y are numbers= co variables

Question 7

when is a scattergraph likely to be used?

Answer 7

when looking for a rels or correlation

ordinal/interval data

Question 8

structure of a report includes ?

Answer 8

1. design
2. participants
3. apparatus and materials
4. standardised instructions
5. controls
6. descriptive statistics
7. inferential statistics
8. exp of findings
9. relationship to background research
10. limitations and modifications
11. implications of future research