RESEARCH METHODS- presentation of data

Question 1

What are tables?

Answer 1

Tables are ways of presenting data. They can present raw data (data tables) or summarise results (results tables).

Question 2

What are scattergrams?

Answer 2

A scattergram illustrates two variables for various data points.

Question 3

What are bar charts?

Answer 3

A bar chart illustrates discrete data categories for comparison. The x-axis lists the categories and the y-axis illustrates the different results between the categories.

Question 4

What is a histogram?

Answer 4

A histogram is a bit like a bar chart but is used to illustrate continuous or interval data (rather than discrete data or whole numbers).

Question 5

What is a line graph?

Answer 5

Like a histogram, a line graph (sometimes called a frequency polygon) also illustrates continuous data. But whereas a histogram can only represent one data category, a line graph can illustrate multiple data categories.

Question 6

What is a pie chart?

Answer 6

Pie charts illustrate how commonly different things occur relative to each other. In other words, they provide a visual representation of percentages.