Graphing

Read these sections and complete the questions at the end of each section. First, we'll look at the available methods to portray distributions of quantitative variables. Then, we'll introduce the stem and leaf plot and how to capture the frequency of your data. We'll also discuss box plots for the purpose of identifying outliers and for comparing distributions and bar charts for quantitative variables. Finally, we'll talk about line graphs, which are based on bar graphs.

Line Graphs

Questions

Question 1 out of 2.

Line graphs are most similar to

  • bar charts.
  • histograms.
  • stem and leaf displays.
  • frequency polygons.


Question 2 out of 2.

Line graphs should be avoided when

  • there are more than 10 values on the X-axis.
  • the variable on the X-axis is a qualitative variable.
  • data from more than 3 groups are compared.