Transcript Graphs

Graphs
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How to set up successful graphs
How to set up your graph!
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How to set up your graph!
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Y Axis
(This is for your
dependent variable)
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How to set up your graph!
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X Axis
(This is for your
independent variable)
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Teachers’s Favorite Singer
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T – Title
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Choose a descriptive
title that explains what
is being measured in
the graph
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T - Title
A - Axis
Y Axis =
Dependent
Variable
X Axis =
Independent
Variable
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Decide on an appropriate
scale for each axis.
T - Title
Choose a scale that lets
you make the graph as
large as possible for your
paper and data
A – Axis
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S – Scale
How to determine scale
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Favorite
Number of
Singer
Teachers
Brad Paisley
Bruce
Springsteen
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Eddie Vedder
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Sting
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Sinatra
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• Scale is determined
by your highest &
lowest number.
• In this case your
scale would be from
2 – 22.
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The amount of space between one
number and the next or one type of
data and the next on the graph.
The interval is just as important as
the scale
Choose an interval that lets you
make the graph as large as possible
for your paper and data
T – Title
A – Axis
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I – Interval
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S – Scale
How to determine Intervals
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Favorite
Number of
Singer
Teachers
Brad Paisley
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Bruce
Springsteen
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Eddie
Vedder
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Sting
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Sinatra
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• The interval is decided
by your scale.
• In this case your scale
would be from 2 – 22
and you want the scale
to fit the graph.
• The best interval
would be to go by 5’s.
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Teachers’s Favorite Singer
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T – Title
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A – Axis
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I – Interval
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S – Scale
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Teachers’s Favorite Singer
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Number of Teachers
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T – Title
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A – Axis
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LABEL your axis Singers
Label your Y Axis. What do those
Give
the axis a general label. What
or data
points
numbers mean?
do those words mean?
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I – Interval
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L – Labels
S – Scale
When to use…
• Bar graphs
– Used to show data that are not continuous.
– Allows us to compare data like amounts or
frequency or categories
– Allow us to make generalizations about the data
– Help us see differences in data
• Line Graphs
– For continuous data
– useful for showing trends over time
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Graphing Motion
Line graphs
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• In a distance time graph, the
distance of an object is plotted
along the y-axis and the time along
the x-axis.
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Label each axis
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Distance
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Time
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Graphing Motion
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Graphing Motion
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Time (seconds)
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Motion Graph # 1
Straight, Flat Line
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• As time passes, there
is no change in
distance; no motion
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Motion Graph # 2
Straight, Increasing Line
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• As time passes,
distance increases
• The change in distance
is constant – no
stopping & starting
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Motion Graph # 3
Straight, Decreasing Line
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• As time passes,
distance decreases
• The change in distance
is constant
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Motion Graph # 4
Changing Line
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• A changing line means
changing distance
• Distance increases 
doesn’t change 
distance decreases
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Graphing acceleration
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• Acceleration is always shown
as a curved line
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Graphs
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T – Title
A – Axis
I – Interval
L – Labels
S – Scale
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