Data – Information collected about people or things

Graphs – A picture of data or information you have collected

Line Graph Pie

Graph

Bar Graph

Pictograph• pictograph • A graph that displays countable data with symbols or

pictures

Example:

Key

• An explanation of a symbol.

Bar Graph – A way to show information that uses bars to represent data

Number of

Students

Favorite Candy in our Class

5

4

3

2

1

0

Type of Candy

Skittles M&M’s Lucas Baby Bottle Pop Twizzlers

What does the data tell us?Interpret the data

To explain the meaning of the information being asked for.

It seems that the Math Club is the most popular of the after-school clubs.

Generalize

To make a statement that usually is appropriate in most situations.

From the data, I could tell most kids in our class do not like hot cereal.