This week’s topics
Principles of Graphical Construction
- Rules of scale and axis selection
- Histograms and relative frequency
- Frequency polygons
- Cumulative frequency curves (ogives)
- Histograms & Frequency Polygons
- Data visualization- Bar chart, Pie chart, Pictogram, Histogram, Dot plot, Heat maps, Tree maps -Stat
What you will be able to do
- 2.2 Plot graphs, applying the general rules and principles of graphical construction.
- 3.2 Represent and interpret business and management data.
Activity
Start with this week’s 2 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: plot graphs, applying the general rules and principles of graphical construction.
Study materials
Videos
- Histograms & Frequency Polygons · YouTube · PsychExamReview · 12 min · for registered students
- Data visualization- Bar chart, Pie chart, Pictogram, Histogram, Dot plot, Heat maps, Tree maps -Stat · YouTube · Medicosis Perfectionalis · 22 min · for registered students
- StatQuest: Histograms, Clearly Explained · YouTube · StatQuest with Josh Starmer · 4 min · for registered students
- Charts Are Like Pasta - Data Visualization Part 1: Crash Course Statistics #5 · YouTube · CrashCourse · 10 min · for registered students
- Bar Charts Are Better than Pie Charts · YouTube · StatQuest with Josh Starmer · 2 min · for registered students
- Excel Data Visualization Course – Guide to Charts & Dashboards · YouTube · freeCodeCamp.org · 70 min · for registered students
Further resources
- Problem solving with cumulative frequency and histograms (slides) · Reading · Oak, slides · for registered students
- Interpreting a cumulative frequency graph (slides) · Reading · Oak, slides · for registered students
- Histograms with unequal bar width (slides) · Reading · Oak, slides · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
