Graphs, Charts and Tables

Source: Adapted from Dr Mary Coupland - UTS Faculty of Science

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Graphs, Charts and Tables

PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS

-Some do’s and don’ts

(Notes: Working in mathematics and numeracy focuses with messages when dealing with graphs, tasks are often unpacked in order to deliver messages through channels of verbal, symbols, graphical, and Tabular tools)

-Why?

o   Graphs and Charts can be used to support an argument or make a case. It is advised that the authors need to  be sure that basic errors are avoided

o   To evaluate graphical evidence you need to know how to be critical.

-Practise now: Learning how to draw up a graph to show such data, draw in a tallying system is very important.

The techniques include, for example in a setting context, putting a line above providing points where the dates are then drawing a line in the graph depicting the information described in the text.

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In the support of actively and effectively learning, Coupland (2016) provides a range of links that help understand statistical and visualisation concepts such as the links of the videos producing by Lynda.com as below.   

• Standard deviation: https://www.lynda.com/Excel-tutorials/Standard-deviation/422098/459843-4.html

• Mean and its properties: https://www.lynda.com/Excel-tutorials/Mean-its-properties/422098/459838-4.html

• Looking up information with VLOOKUP and HLOOKUP: https://www.lynda.com/Excel-tutorials/Looking-up-information-VLOOKUP-HLOOKUP/431188/463316-4.html

• Excel graphics: https://www.lynda.com/Excel-tutorials/Excel-graphics/422098/459826-4.html

• How to create a pivot table in Microsoft Excel: https://www.lynda.com/Excel-tutorials/pivot-tables/78/12014-4.html

• How to use pivot tables in Google Sheets: https://www.lynda.com/Sheets-tutorials/Using-pivot-tables/163414/187786-4.html

Reference

Coupland, M.(2016). UTSOnline: Arguments, Evidence and Intuition . Retrieved from UTSOnline.

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