Using Graphs to Organize practice and test – Flashcards

Consider the following graph, which shows a store's sales of fruit over the course of one week. How could this graph be misleading?

What kind of graph is shown below? Recorded Temperatures with red line graph

Consider the following graph, which details one bookstore's sales over the course of one day, divided by genre. By percent, how much greater do sales of horror books appear to be than sales of cookbooks? How much greater are they in reality?

The following graph shows a bus's record of the number of passengers it picked up over the course of a day. How many people rode the bus over the course of the day?

Which of the three following graphs display the same data? County vote turnout

What is the difference between a line graph and a scatter plot?

Consider the following graph, which details a retailer's profits over the course of several years. Of the following, which option or options would help make this graph less misleading? I. The y-axis should be labeled. II. The scale on the y-axis should be resized. III. The scale on the x-axis should be resized.

Rachel has just completed a study of precipitation in three different locations over the course of a year. The data she wishes to present in graph form is shown in the table below, with precipitation listed in inches. Rachel wants her graph to emphasize the relation of each city's precipitation to each other city's at each point in time. What kind of graph would be appropriate?

Consider the following graph, which indicates collected data on the weight of a certain species of swallow and the number of leaves it weaves into its nest. What aspect of this graph is likely being emphasized by the choice of graph style, choice of scale, and so on?

What kind of graph is characterized by presenting values as coordinate points without any connecting element?

Consider the following graph, which details the observed bear population in two national parks. Of the following, which option or options would help make this graph less misleading?

Which of the following is not a method used on graphs to lead the reader to misinterpret the graph?

What kind of graph is shown below? fruit sold

Consider this chart, which details a store's sales revenue by department. Which of the following statements indicate ways in which this graph is misleading? I. The sections are not numerically labeled. II. The time frame is not mentioned. III. It is unclear which color corresponds to which section.

Which of the three following graphs display the same data? cell phone sales

The table below shows data on the number of emergency room admissions recorded over the span of one shift. Which of the following graphs displays the same information as that shown in the table?

As a manager of a restaurant, you are working on creating a graph to demonstrate the makeup of your staff. The data you are to present is shown in the table below. If you wish to emphasize the relation of each group to the whole, what kind of graph would be appropriate?

Jeff likes to grow zucchini. He has made a graph of the total number of zucchini his garden has produced this season, which can be seen below. How many zucchini did Jeff's garden produce between June 9 and June 15?

What is the difference between a histogram and a bar graph?

A company is presenting the sales data using a bar graph. The company asserts that the sales increased substantially from 2006 to 2008 using Bar Graph 1. Their competitor used the same sales data to produce Bar Graph 2. Which bar graph is misleading? How do you know?