Thursday, August 19, 2010

The Diffrent Types Of Graphs


A bar graph-a graph consisting of  parallel, usually vertical bars or rectangles with lengths proportional to the frequency with which specified quantities occure set of data.

A circle graph - a circular graph divided into sectorsproportionalto the magnitudes of the quantities represented.

A histogram-a bargraph of a frequency distribution in which the widths of the bars are proportional to the classes into which the variable has been divided and the hieghts of the bars are proportional to the class of frequencies.

A pictograph-a pictorial represintation of numerical data.

A linegraph-a graph that uses points conected by lines to show how something changes value as time goes by.