Types of Data
This type of graph uses tall bars to show how many of something there are
What is a bar graph?
•If a bar reaches up to 6, that means this many items were counted.
What is 6?
When you find which group has the most, you’re finding this
What is the greatest
This is the first step you take when you want to collect data
What is asking a question?
This chart uses tally marks to keep track of data.
What is a tally chart?
•If each picture represents 2 students and you see 3 pictures, how many students is that?
What is 6 students?
When you find which group has the smallest amount, you’re finding this
What is the least
When you ask every student the same question, you are doing this.
What is surveying them OR collecting data.
When you ask questions to gather information, you are doing this.
What is a survey
The tally marks |||||| show this number.
What is 6?
If 12 students chose red and 9 chose blue, how many students voted?
If you roll a dice 10 times and record the results, you are doing this.
What is collecting results to an experiment?
This graph shows each piece of data with a picture.
What is a pictograph?
If 8 students like apples and 5 like oranges, which fruit is more popular?
What are apples?
If one group had 7 tallies and the other had 11, what is the difference between the amount of data collected? (HINT: Subtraction)
What is 4?
When you sort your answers into groups, you are doing this
What is organizing data?
This is what we call the information we collect.
What is data?
Cats = 10 votes, Dogs = 6 votes. How many more votes for cats?
What is 4?
If 15 students were surveyed and 9 liked soccer, this many did not choose soccer.
What is 6
We collect data so we can look for these
What is patterns or answers?