Graphical Representations Flashcards
1
Q
What data is represented in a bar chart?
A
Discrete/categorical
2
Q
What data is represented in a histogram?
A
Continuous/ individual scores/ display frequencies
3
Q
What data is represented in a scattergraph?
A
Relationship between two co-variables
4
Q
Bar charts (4)
A
- Discrete/categorical data (categories in words not numbers)
- X axis has categories
- Y axis has frequency or amount
- Bars never touch
5
Q
Histogram (5)
A
- Continuous data or individual scores
- Represent frequencies
- X axis has scores with equal size intervals
- Y axis has frequency
- Bars should always touch
6
Q
Scattergraph (3)
A
- Relationship between two co-variables
- Represent correlations
- One of each co-variable on each axis (doesn’t matter each)
