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Collecting Data and Constructing Graphs

 

Objective:  Students will construct bar graphs and pictographs using data collected through student surveys.  Students will compare and interpret data.

 

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Easy Graphs with Microsoft Excel

Voting Ballots

Bar Graph

 

Easy graphs with Microsoft Excel

 

1.    Open Microsoft Excel program

2.    Go to file and scroll down to “save as” and pick a name to save your document

3.    Move cursor and click in box A- 1

4.    Type one food/or other choice in box

5.    Repeat the procedure in box B-1, C-1, D-1 to accommodate the number of choices.

6.     When complete type the number of each choice in the box directly under the food.  (A-1, B-1, C-1, D-1)

(For example: if 3 people wished it would rain pancakes (A-1) for breakfast just put the # 3 under the box that says pancakes (A- 2))

7.    If you need a bigger box than provided to write in go to “Insert” and the select column and you can choose to make the column wider or select Row to make the row taller.

8.    When the selections and numbers are typed in “save”

9.    Then go to “Insert” and select chart and select a chart type and click next, click next again and write in your title name and names of your X and Y axis.

10. Click finish and print!

 

 

Voting Ballots

(Circle your favorite choice)

 

Voting Ballots

(Circle your favorite choice)

 

 Pancakes

 Pancakes

 Hot Dogs

 Hot Dogs

 Hamburger

 Hamburger

 Spaghetti

 Spaghetti

 Jello

 Jello

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Pancakes

Hot dogs

Hamburgers

 Spaghetti

    Jello

3

5

4

6

2

               


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