Choosing How To Represent Data

Question 1

What should you consider when choosing a diagram

Answer 1

Data
Hypothesis
Target audience

Question 2

Why is data considered

Answer 2

What type of day do you have
Some diagrams and more appropriate for discrete or continuous data
The amount of data values is also important as you can group data if you have a lot of it

Question 3

What is suited for bivariate data

Answer 3

Scatter diagrams

Question 4

What is suited for grouped data

Answer 4

 frequency polygon or histogram

Question 5

What graph works best if you have lots of data

Answer 5

 histograms

Question 6

Why should you consider hypothesis

Answer 6

Choose diagrams and calculations that will be useful for your hypothesis
e.g  Stem and leaf diagrams are good for finding the median and bar chart show the mode

Question 7

Why should you consider target audience

Answer 7

You should use diagrams that show the data clearly, easy to interpret and have visual impact
For more technical audience, use more complicated diagrams