Charts

Question 1

what are the disadvantages and advantages of bar charts

Answer 1

ads-show relative magnitude effectively, commonly used so easily understood
dis-can be complicated when too many bars-

Question 2

what are the disadvantages and advantages of histograms

Answer 2

ads-easy to see trends overtime as bars are together
dis-difficult to read specific data as some catgaries are small

Question 3

what are the disadvantages and advantages of a divided bar graph

Answer 3

ads-data colour coded so different to differntiate data sets
-can be difficult to read data when ome of the categories are small

Question 4

what are the disadvantages and advantages of a pie chart

Answer 4

ads-easy to ee the relative contribution of individual segments to a whole
dis-small segments can be difficult to draw

Question 5

what are the disadvantages and advantages of a line graph

Answer 5

ads-shows a large amount of data on one graph
dis-scale needs to be careully considered to show trends accurately

Question 6

what are the disadvantages and advantages of a pictogram?

Answer 6

ads- visulal technique so easy to interpret
dis-ca be diffciult to draw as all icons must be the same size