Tables And Graphs

Question 1

What type of data is a bar graph used for

Answer 1

Data in discrete categories

Question 2

What does each bar on a bar graph represent

Answer 2

Total or mean percentage scored for each group rather than individual participant scores

Question 3

What type of data is a histogram used for

Answer 3

Continuous frequency data

Question 4

What’s the difference between a bar graph and histogram

Answer 4

Bars touching vs not touching indicating whether data is continuous - histo or not - bar

Question 5

What type of data are line graphs used for

Answer 5

Continuous frequency data

Question 6

What is a line graph useful for

Answer 6

Comparing 2 sets of frequency data on one graph that wouldn’t be easy to see on a histogram

Question 7

What type of data is a scatter graph used for

Answer 7

Correlation data

Question 8

What type of graph are the dots connected

Answer 8

Line graph

Question 9

Normal distribution

Answer 9

Bell showed curve, mean mode and median all lie at the mid point

Question 10

Positive distribution

Answer 10

The mean is pulled to the right because it’s affected by extreme values

Question 11

Negative distribution

Answer 11

Skewed to the left, most scored fall below the mean bc effected by extreme values