Getting a Grasp on Graphs
There are so many different graphs! I forgot just how many there were. I would consider myself pretty good at assembling graphs, but something I learned from this class was when to use a certain graph over the other. I'm going to talk about just four graphs that I struggled with when we first started working with graphs. I hope that this information could then help someone else who may have been struggling with these types of graphs as well. -Pictograph: I know what you're thinking. Aren't Pictographs just graphs represented with pictures? Well, I knew this, but what puzzled me was why and when anyone would ever use this type of graph. It seems to be the least accurate. I learned that Pictographs are pictorial graphs that display data. Pictographs are better used when the images are displaying whole or half number amounts. It can be hard to display super accurate information in a pictograph, but they can still be effective. Example: How many hats were sold in separa...