Advanced Math 8 - Chapter 9.4 - Data Displays

pictograph

shows data using pictures

bar graph

shows data in specific categories

circle graph

shows data as parts of a whole (percents)

line graph

shows how data changes over time

histogram

shows frequencies of data values in intervals of the same size

stem-and-leaf plot

orders numerical data and shows how they are distributed

box-and-whisker plot

shows the variability of a data set by using quartiles

dot plot

shows the number of times each value occurs in a data set

scatter plot

shows the relationship between two data sets by using ordered pairs in a coordinate plane