Table of Contents

• Prequiz...
• 1: The Case of the Confusing Axes
• 2: Choose your x and y carefully
• 3: Practise labelling the axes
• 4: Next step: ranging the axes
• 5: Practise ranging the axes
• 6: Next step: scale the axes
• 7: Practise determining labelled interval distance
• 8: How to scale axes
• 9: Finally, fill in the axes
• 10: Summary

Summary

To be able to convey information correctly, graphs must be well constructed. Here is a quick summary of the steps you need to follow when making a good graph:

• Choose your x and y variables.
• Label your x and y axes using both a description and the units in parentheses (brackets).
• Choose a title, which describes what the graph shows.
• Determine the best minimums and maximums for x and y.
• Determine the best distance for tick marks or intervals on each axis.
• Include a legend if there's more than one data series.

and……..

• Don’t forget to graph the data!

Learning Outcomes

You should now be able to:

• Create a graph by hand.
• Present data in a graph.

 

 

 

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