d ifferent types of charts / graphs and how they can be used for understanding history. nathan b....
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DIFFERENT TYPES OF CHARTS/GRAPHSAnd how they can be used for understanding history.
Nathan B. Gilson
7th Grade Social Studies
Southwest Middle School
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COPY THIS TABLE INTO YOUR NOTES (SECTION 2)
Name (Chart Type)
Looks Like… Used for
Pie Chart Leave a lot of
Line Graph space here for pictures
Column/Bar graph of your charts
Scatter Plot graph
Histogram
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PIE CHARTS
Pie charts are good to show how much of something is compared to everything.
ALWAYS show a PERCENTAGE%
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LINE GRAPHS
Line Graphs show how things change over TIME.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 90
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
US Deaths--Iraq War
US Deaths
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COLUMN OR BAR GRAPHS
Show how different areas compare using one focus. Usually when you want to show the number, rather than the percentage.
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SCATTER PLOT GRAPH
Shows how a group rates as a group.
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 350%
200%
400%
600%
800%
1000%
1200%
Series1Series2Series3Series4
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HISTOGRAM
Special bar graph that shows different sub-groups or categories within one large group.
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USING MICROSOFT EXCEL TO MAKE A GRAPH
Step 1—Put the Graph Title in A1
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USING MICROSOFT EXCEL TO MAKE A GRAPH
Put the headings for each set of data in B1 to B__
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USING MICROSOFT EXCEL TO MAKE A GRAPH
Put the data underneath each title and double check that you entered it right, it’s real easy to miss a 0 somewhere.
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USING MICROSOFT EXCEL TO MAKE A GRAPH
Starting in A1, click and drag to make a highlighted box around all of the information you want on your graph, then click insert
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USING MICROSOFT EXCEL TO MAKE A GRAPH
Choose the kind of chart/graph you want from the options listed.
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USING MICROSOFT EXCEL TO MAKE A GRAPH
Check your chart to make sure it looks right. Obvious things would be something that should be the biggest looks small. You probably missed 1 number.
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For this graph, Russia should be the biggest, but it isn’t, because it’s missing a 0. Don’t worry, you don’t have to do it all over again, just change the number and the graph will automatically change with the new information.
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Just click in the box where Russia’s number is, change the 0, and watch your chart change
1. Click here
2. Change Number here
MUCH BETTER
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http://net.lib.byu.edu/~rdh7//wwi/memoir/docs/statistics/diagrams/d62.gif
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