Graph Types for Data Visualization

1. Definitions Best Graph Best Graph #2 Graph ?’s Challenge 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500

2. This type of graph is used to show change over time.

3. Line Graph 100

4. A graph of data where the entire circle represents the whole. The data total must equal 100% or 1.

5. Circle Graph

6. Shows frequency and intervals of data.

7. Histograms

8. Shows the numbers in a data set arranged in order by place value.

9. Stem-and-Leaf Plots

10. Uses bars to show how large each value is and compares 2 sets of data.

11. Double Bar Graphs

12. Which type of graph would you use to show the number of candy bars collected by each trick-or-treater in the neighborhood?

13. Stem-and-Leaf Plot

14. Which is the best type of graph to show the percentage of students whose favorite color is pink, blue, yellow, green, or red?

15. Circle Graph

16. Which is the best type of graph to show the kilograms of food consumed and kilograms of food wasted in the school cafeteria each day?

17. Double Bar Graph

18. Which type of graph would you use to show the number of cars in the parking lot each hour today?

19. Line Graph

20. Which is the best type of graph to show the heights of 21 students in a class, grouped into 5-inch groups?

21. Histogram

22. Which type of graph would best show the percentage of books in the library that are fiction and non-fiction?

23. Circle Graph

24. Which type of graph would you use to show the number of states each student in the school has visited?

25. Stem-and-Leaf Plot

26. Which type of graph would best show the high temperatures of a city for a month (the day is not important)

27. Line Graph

28. Which type of graph would best show the number of books each sixth-grade student read last year?

29. Stem-and-Leaf Plot

30. Which type of graph would best show the proportion of students born in spring, summer, fall, or winter?

31. Circle Graph

32. Bob counted the number of pieces of pepperoni on each pizza he made. What is the smallest number of pieces of pepperoni?

33. 5 pepperoni

34. A business magazine showed the electricity costs in different states. How much does a megawatt-hour of electricity cost in Washington?

35. $70 a megawatt-hour

36. Alexis entered the amount she charged on her credit card each month into a spreadsheet. How much did she spend in September? Is it more or less than she spend in November? Alexis’s credit card charges

37. She spent $80in September, which is less than $60 in November.

38. The architecture student counted the number of bricks in each building in her neighborhood. Which range of bricks per building is the least common?

39. 21-30 range

40. A puzzle book company polled its readers about their favorite type of puzzles. Which puzzles were preferred by the most respondents?

41. Crosswords

42. Brett, an employee at Giant Eagle, looked at the sales of each of its soda products. On Thursday, how much more did the grocery store make from Brenner's Juices sales than from Natural Goodness Juice sales? Giant Eagle beverage sale

43. $30 more

44. Mrs. B, a math professor, kept track of the gender of her students. How many more women did she have in her class in 1989 than in 1997? Gender in Mrs. B’s class

45. 30 more women in 1989 than in 1997

46. Abby counted the pages in each book on her English class's required reading list. How many books had at least 50 pages but less than 90 pages?

47. 14 books had more that 50 pages and less than 90 pages

48. A pet store owner had his staff count the number of fish in each tank. How many tanks are there in all?

49. 26 tanks in all

50. Residents of Pittsburgh were polled about their favorite beverages. If 88 people were surveyed, how many more people voted for orange juice than for lemonade?